This Bitch: Tim Sheehy

Tim Sheehy is a former Navy SEAL who is the Republican candidate in the Montana US Senate race that could determine control of the chamber.

So, what about him? Well, Sheehy often tells the story of a gunshot wound he received in combat that left a bullet lodged in his right arm as evidence of his toughness; in December campaign event posted on social media, Sheehy pointed to his right forearm and said:

“I got thick skin—though it’s not thick enough. I have a bullet stuck in this arm still from Afghanistan.”

At least that’s what he says today, but back in October 2015, over a year after he left active duty, he told a different story saying that, after a family visit to Glacier National Park, he told a National Park Service ranger that he accidentally shot himself in the right arm that day after his Colt .45 revolver fell and discharged while he was loading his vehicle; the park ranger says Sheehy showed him a handgun with a missing bullet. And a trauma surgeon says that an X-ray provided by Sheehy shows an apparent wound from a handgun, not a military weapon.

The best part of the story is now Sheehy is saying that the story he told the park ranger was a lie, and that he was shot in Afghanistan during combat, but why the lie? I mean, does he just walk up to random park rangers, show them a handgun missing a bullet and say he accidentally shot himself when he dropped the gun? Why do that? That story means nothing and does nothing to boost his own sense of importance so why tell it?

Perhaps because it was the truth but wouldn’t help him win an election . Oh, and he’s a Republican, so lying seems to come easy and he’s also, This Bitch.