Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) bashed the Koch brothers-funded conservative outside group Americans for Prosperity for botching the total population of Montana in a response to Montana Democrats advancing legislation that would expand Medicaid in the state.
The botched statement, by Montana Americans for Prosperity state director Zach Lahn said “the voices of millions of Montanans” didn’t want to expand Medicaid through Obamacare. It came after the Montana House of Representatives passed a Medicaid expansion bill.
Montana’s population does not extend into the millions.
“Montana’s population passed one million people for the first time ever in 2012. So imagine my surprise when the latest billionaire-funded attack accused me of opposing the “voices of millions of Montanans,” Bullock (pictured) wrote in a fundraising email on Monday. “Let me tell you what’s most startling about this — Not knowing how many “millions” of people live in Montana won’t stop the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity from spending millions of dollars to buy our elections.”
Shortly after the gaffe was made public, the hashtag #millionsofmontanans began trending on Twitter, with other prominent Montana Democrats, like Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) jumping in on the fun.
#MillionsOfMontanans wish they had my haircut. #FlattopFriday #mtpol pic.twitter.com/BF6LlzDAyv
— Senator Jon Tester (@SenatorTester) April 10, 2015
Lahn released a statement admitting he made a mistake on the size of Montana’s population.
“Two mistakes were made yesterday. One was in our press release, the other was on the house floor with the passage of Medicaid expansion,” Lahn wrote in an email to The Great Falls Tribune. “The latter mistake will have a devastating impact on state budget and the lives of Montanans who have made it known that they reject Obamacare.”
Of course the koch brothers don’t know how many people live in Montana! They are not residents and only care about what they can extraction from the state-money, resourses, power etc…
Too bad this entire affair will not appear on Faux News…or any broadcast media watched by many Americans.
thousands of Montanans that actually DO know their actual population number point one finger on each hand at the Koch Bros and their minions…
In defense of Americans for Plutocracy, they were referring to not just the Human population of Montana but were also including the Cattle population.
Montana 1,015,165 (Human) + 2,550,000 (Cattle) = 3,565,165*
So there!!!111ONE11!!!11
Probably more like tens, possibly low-hundreds of Montanans…