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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait

Trump-backed Senate candidate caught on tape disparaging Native Americans

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Tim Sheehy, a wealthy rancher seeking to flip a Senate seat to the Republicans, was accused of invoking ‘drunken Indian’ trope. Photograph: Rachel Leathe/AP

A Republican candidate in a race that could decide control of the US Senate made disparaging comments about Native Americans at campaign fundraising events, according to recordings disclosed in local media.

Tim Sheehy, a wealthy cattle rancher who has been endorsed by Donald Trump in his bid to become senator for Montana, made the remarks repeatedly at a series of gatherings where he boasted of cultivating ties and bonding with members of the Crow Reservation, the official home of the Indigenous Crow tribe.

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