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Steve Bullock

Steve Bullock
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Former Governor of Montana
From: January 7, 2013 – January 4, 2021
Predecessor Brian Schweitzer
Successor Greg Gianforte
Former Attorney General of Montana
From: January 5, 2009 – January 7, 2013
Predecessor Mike McGrath
Successor Tim Fox
Information
Party Democrat
Spouse(s) Lisa Downs

Stephen Clark “Steve” Bullock (born April 11, 1966, age 57) is a lawyer, professor emeritus, and Democrat politician who served as the 24th governor of Montana, having been elected to the position in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. A left-winger, Bullock supports late-term abortion.[1] He is also strongly anti-Trump and was an advocate for the impeachment coup.[2] Unsurprisingly, he has received the backing of the Lincoln Project, a liberal group among the Never Trump movement.[3]

Governor of Montana

2012 election

Bullock was elected to become the governor of Montana in the 2012 gubernatorial election, defeating his Republican opponent by less than 2% of the vote.[4]

2016 election

Gov. Bullock won re-election in the 2016 gubernatorial election with just over 50% of the vote in 2016,[5] despite Donald Trump having also won the state in a much larger margin.

Tenure

Despite claims of being a supposed “moderate” Democrat,[6][7] Bullock is a leftist who refused to sign a statewide "born alive" bill banning infanticide[8] out of pro-abortion stubbornness and who called for a federal minimum wage of $15/hour while hypocritcally having only paid his own interns $9/hour.[9] Bullock paid his female staff less than males in spite of his "equal pay" pledge.[10]

2020 Senate run

See: 2020 United States Senate election in Montana

After dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, Bullock later announced his run for U.S. Senate in the 2020 United States Senate election in Montana to attempt unseating current Republican one-term incumbent Steve Daines[11] despite previously insisting that he would not consider a bid for the seat.[12]

Bullock was backed by ActBlue[13] as well as a dark money/billionaire-funded super PAC disguising itself as a "grassroots" group.[14]

Bullock claims to support the Second Amendment in his ads, but in reality he has an extreme position on gun control (such as calling for a ban on semi-automatic firearms) and got an F from the NRA.[15][16]

Democrat primary

Bullock won his party's primary election with over 90% of the vote.[17]

Election

He lost to Steve Daines in the general election, carrying just 45% of the vote.

Controversies

Bullock reportedly solicited Chinese investments via ties to an EB-5 visa program.[18] He has also faced accusations of intimidation and fraud.[19]

A poster child for liberal hypocrisy, Bullock celebrated "Women's Equality Day"[20] despite paying his female staffers less than their male co-workers.[10] He also called for raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour despite paying his own interns lower than that rate.[21]

Commenting on a DNC debate in late 2019, Bullock said that Democrats were "less inclusive" than Republicans.[22] Indeed, it was reported in mid-2020 that his own aide had a history of extremely sexist, homophobic comments.[23]

General election results

Bullock lost the general election to Daines by ten points despite fake polling showing a supposedly close race.[24]

References

  1. Steve Bullock on Abortion
  2. 2020 Democrats Call for Impeachment: ‘The President Is a Criminal’
  3. Never Trump Republicans Plot to Give Democrats the Senate Majority
  4. 2012 Montana Governor Results
  5. Montana Results 2016
  6. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock becomes latest Democrat to drop out of presidential race
  7. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announces Senate campaign, hopes to take out Republican incumbent
  8. Democrat Gov. Steve Bullock Joins Presidential Race After Vetoing Bill Protecting Abortion Survivors
  9. Bullock Calls for $15 Federal Minimum Wage, Despite Paying His Interns $9 an Hour
  10. 10.0 10.1 As Governor, Bullock Paid Women Less Than Men
  11. Steve Bullock Announces Last-Minute Bid for Montana Senate Seat
  12. Bullock on Possible Senate Run: ‘An Absolute No’
  13. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/flipthesenate-bullock
  14. Schumer PAC Teams with Montana Liberals Disguised as Grassroots Hunting Group
  15. Exclusive–Steve Daines: Montanans’ Jaws Dropped When Anti-Gun Democrat Steve Bullock Called for Semi-Automatic Gun Ban
  16. Montana Dem Goes Pro-Gun in Latest Ad Despite ‘F’ Rating From NRA
  17. https://electionresults.mt.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=FED&map=CTY
  18. Multiple references:
  19. Former Official Accuses Steve Bullock of Fraud, Intimidation
  20. Bullock Pays Women Less Than Men Even As He Celebrates ‘Women’s Equality Day’
  21. Bullock Calls for $15 Federal Minimum Wage, Despite Paying His Interns $9 an Hour
  22. Bullock On Debate Threshold: Democrats Being ‘Less Inclusive Than Republicans’
  23. Top Bullock Aide Has History of Sexist, Homophobic Comments (Warning: Tweets within article contain foul language)
  24. Multiple referenceS:

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