DSCC Releases New Ad on Tim Sheehy: “Shady Sheehy” 

New ad shows the fallout Sheehy is facing for his pattern of lies, inconsistencies and exaggerations he’s told about himself to Montanans

In response to Montana’s GOP Senate primary, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is launching a new digital advertisement on Tim Sheehy: “Shady Sheehy.”

The spot highlights the pattern of lies Sheehy has told Montanans about virtually every part of his life, including his bullet wound, growing up in a rural area, claiming to be a “cowboy” despite not running the day-to-day operations of his vanity ranch and claiming to be a successful businessman even though his government contract funded company is “deeply in debt.”

The ad will reach Independent voters in Montana on YouTube.

Watch “Shady Sheehy” Here: 

From DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman Baity: “Sheehy represents everything Montanans hate about rich out-of-staters, and after he’s been caught lying about every part of his life, he’s shown Montana voters why they can’t trust him to look out for anyone but himself in the Senate.” 

Sheehy’s pattern of lies, inconsistencies and exaggerations include: 

• Sheehy has lied about how he received a gunshot wound, “offered inconsistent accounts of his war wounds” and “varying accounts of how he was shot.” It was also revealed that Sheehy’s story about how he left the military was contradicted by his own book. 

• His “Rancher Bona Fides Are Coming Under Scrutiny” after Vanity Fair revealed he “presents himself as a Montana rancher” but actually uses his ranch for “marketing ventures,” “magazine covers” and “brand collaborations.” 

• Sheehy claimed he grew up in a “rural” area when he actually grew up in a multimillion-dollar lake house in a wealthy suburb near his elite private school in St. Paul.

• Sheehy claimed to be a successful businessman even though his government contract funded business is “deeply in debt, hemorrhaging cash, and at risk of failing to meet its financial obligations.”

See also: Vanity Fair: “Wannabe Cowboy”: This GOP Senate Candidate’s Rancher Bona Fides Are Coming Under Scrutiny; Daily Beast: GOP Star Recruit Brags About ‘Rural’ Upbringing. He Grew Up 15 Minutes From the City; Washington Post: Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015; Washington Post: Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency after alleged 2015 gun incident; Montana Public Radio: Cash pours into the Senate race; Sheehy bullet story doesn’t add up; The press gets pushed out; Business Insider: A top Republican Senate candidate’s story about accidentally shooting himself just got weirder; Montana Public Radio: Sheehy says he lied about the origin of a bullet wound in his arm; KTVC: Sheehy says he lied about accidental discharge, gunshot wound incident in Glacier National Park; New York Magazine: GOP Senate Candidate Has Mystery Bullet in His Arm; Montana Free Press: U.S. Senate hopeful’s company reported losses of more than $77 million in 2023; Daily Beast: GOP Star Tim Sheehy Forgot to Mention the Family Money in His ‘Self-Made’ Success Story. 

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