{"id":4029,"date":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/popular-gop-governor-announces-endorsement-in-key-battleground-senate-race-accomplishes-missions\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:54:47","slug":"popular-gop-governor-announces-endorsement-in-key-battleground-senate-race-accomplishes-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/popular-gop-governor-announces-endorsement-in-key-battleground-senate-race-accomplishes-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular GOP governor announces endorsement in key battleground Senate race: &#8216;Accomplishes missions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FIRST ON FOX<\/strong>: Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., is endorsing former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana Senate race,<\/a> citing his &#8220;willingness to serve and sacrifice for our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a former Navy SEAL and combat veteran, Tim has proven his commitment and love for America, and he has shown his willingness to serve and sacrifice for our country,&#8221; Noem said Friday in a press release obtained by Fox News Digital. &#8220;Navy SEALs are the best of the best. Not only must you be willing to serve, but you must be able to perform and execute at the highest level. That&#8217;s Tim. He sets goals and accomplishes missions, which is exactly what we need more of in Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noem made the coveted endorsement just hours after Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., announced he was running in the highly competitive contest for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The South Dakota governor highlighted the importance of the Montana Senate race in 2024, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats grip<\/a> onto their slim majority in the chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/conservative-firebrand-announces-run-key-battleground-senate-race-targeted-dems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CONSERVATIVE FIREBRAND ANNOUNCES RUN FOR KEY BATTLEGROUND SENATE RACE BEING TARGETED BY DEMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This race in Montana will be tough. It&#8217;s a conservative state, but the Democrats will do everything to keep incumbent Democrat Jon Tester&#8217;s seat in Liberal hands,&#8221; Noem continued. &#8220;This is a must-win for us as we fight to take back the U.S. Senate in Novembr.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-navy-seal-dems-meddling-senate-race-distract-voters-two-faced-opponent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FORMER NAVY SEAL SAYS DEMS MEDDLING IN HIS SENATE RACE RACE \u2018TO DISTRACT MONTANA VOTERS\u2019 FROM \u2018TWO-FACED\u2019 OPPONENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noem joins Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Ted Budd, R-N.C., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in endorsing the former Navy SEAL.<\/p>\n<p>Sheehy told Fox News Digital that he is &#8220;honored&#8221; to be endorsed by &#8220;a fierce America First warrior&#8221; in his Senate race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honored to be endorsed by Governor Kristi Noem,&#8221; Sheehy told Fox News Digital Firday. &#8220;Kristi is a fierce America First warrior who will always stand up for President Trump\u2019s agenda and fearlessly fight back against the disastrous Democrat policies destroying our country. I appreciate her support as we work to retake the Senate, save America, and Make America Great Again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., and Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., are also backing Sheehy as he seeks to oust three-term Democrat Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX: Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., is endorsing former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy in the Montana Senate race, citing his &#8220;willingness to serve and sacrifice for our country.&#8221; &#8220;As a former Navy SEAL and combat veteran, Tim has proven his commitment and love for America, and he has shown his willingness to serve and &#8230; <a title=\"Popular GOP governor announces endorsement in key battleground Senate race: &#8216;Accomplishes missions&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/popular-gop-governor-announces-endorsement-in-key-battleground-senate-race-accomplishes-missions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Popular GOP governor announces endorsement in key battleground Senate race: &#8216;Accomplishes missions&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}