True conservative Montanans have taken to the internet to spread awareness and encourage people to take action concerning atrocious matters at the Capitol. Matthew Monforton is a highly concerned Montana resident who wrote and shared the following information.
DEMOCRATS NOW CONTROL THE MONTANA SENATE
Meet Democrat Pat Flowers, your new Senate President!
On Day 1 of the 2025 legislative session, Democrats accomplished what should have been impossible: they seized control of the Montana Senate. Despite Republicans holding a nominal 32-18 majority, Democrats now have a de facto 27-23 advantage—all because 9 so-called “Republicans” betrayed their voters, their party, and their principles.
Here’s what happened….
In the Montana Senate, the Committee on Committees is responsible for assigning members to key legislative committees. (This differs from the Montana House—where the Speaker assigns House members to committees). The Senate’s Committee on Committees is supposed to be controlled by the Republican majority. Not anymore. Yesterday, 9 RINOs crossed the aisle to help Democrats hijack vital committees, crippling the Republican majority before the session even began.
Here’s what the RINO collaboration accomplished:
• Democrat Susan Weber and fake “Republicans” Gregg Hunter and Denley Loge now sit on the Business, Labor & Economic Affairs Committee.
• “Republicans” Josh Kassmier, Russ Tempel, and Jason Ellsworth joined Democrats Pat Flowers and Emma Kerr-Carpenter on the Finance & Claims Committee.
• Flowers and Kerr-Carpenter also joined the Joint Appropriation Subcommittee for Health and Human Services—making it clear that Medicaid expansion is here to stay.
This is nothing short of a catastrophe for Montana conservatives. A majority party that can’t even control the rules of the chamber it dominates on paper is no majority at all. It’s becoming harder and harder to view the MTGOP as anything other than a complete fraud.
For Montana conservatives, the past may well be prologue. In 2015, House RINOs demanded 6 “silver bullets” from then-Speaker Austin Knudsen, ensuring that Democrats and Governor Steve Bullock got their way on the session’s six most critical bills. Knudsen folded, and the conservative agenda was torched on the first day. Now, it’s déjà vu in 2025. The Montana Legislature has fallen to a Democrat-RINO coalition that, along with Governor Gianforte, will sabotage conservative priorities, particularly judicial reform.
Montana conservatives deserve better. The question now is whether Senate President Matt Regier will capitulate like Knudsen did—or fight back. Regier must use every tool at his disposal to expose and confront this hostile takeover. Anything less will doom Montana’s conservative agenda.
Montanans, this is your call to action. These 9 “Republicans” must be held accountable. Contact them and demand they reverse their betrayal before it’s too late. Make no mistake: the fight for Montana’s future is happening now. Will conservatives rise to the challenge, or will they stand by and watch their agenda be destroyed by the very people who claimed to represent them?
Who are these 9 “Republicans”? Glad you asked. Contact them and let them know what you think of them handing the Senate to Democrats and making Pat Flowers the de facto Senate President:
Jason Ellsworth – Jason.Ellsworth@legmt.gov 406-360-0009
Butch Gillespie – Bruce.Gillespie@legmt.gov 406-949-4453
Gregg Hunter – Gregg.Hunter@legmt.gov 406-219-7590
Josh Kassmier – Josh.Kassmier@legmt.gov 406-781-5386
Gayle Lammers – Gayle.Lammers@legmt.gov – 406-679-0020
Denley Loge – Denley.Loge@legmt.gov – 406-544-5220
Wendy McKamey – Wendy.McKamey@legmt.gov – 406-868-5006
Russ Tempel – Russ.Tempel@legmt.gov – 406-265-0990
Shelley Vance – Shelley.Vance@legmt.gov – 406-587-8608
