Montana governor under fire for vacationing during flood

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Montana governor under fire for vacationing during flood

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON
June 17, 2022

RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — As punishing floods tore through Yellowstone National Park and neighboring Montana communities, the state’s governor was nowhere to be seen.

In the immediate aftermath, the state issued a disaster declaration attributed to the Republican governor, but for some reason it carried the lieutenant governor’s signature.

It wasn’t until Wednesday — more than 48 hours after the flood hit the state — that Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office acknowledged he was out of the country, though it wouldn’t say exactly where he was, citing unspecified security concerns.

Gianforte finally returned on Thursday night from what his office said was a vacation with his wife in Italy. But he found himself facing a torrent of criticism for not hurrying home sooner and for not telling the public his whereabouts during the emergency.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/floods-science-travel-climate-and-environment-us-news-b590387502fa039c33f5768c2b373e04

[Maru Kitteh]

1. Security my ass, Giant Farty.

Oh, and stay gone.

[jimfields33]

2. Vote him out in 2024!!!!!

[dchill]

3. This is so unFAIR!!! You know he's a white Republican male, right?

The secret woid is "sarcasm."

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Our fiscal year ends on June 20. MF'er is probably getting a

nice vacay in on the State credit card before the budget turns over.

Jackass.

[C_U_L8R]

5. The party of personal convenience.

What an asshole.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. entitled prick

[lpbk2713]

7. History repeats itself.

[Cha]

8. Fucking Sneaky Magat POS cares Only

about himself.. sickening the idiots who voted for him.

💙💛

[keithbvadu2]

9. Rafael Cruz recommends Cancun when your constituents are dying.

Rafael Cruz recommends Cancun when your constituents are dying.

[Gaugamela]

10. This is the guy who body slammed a Guardian reporter to the floor

for asking about the Republican plan for health care.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/greg-gianforte-bodyslams-reporter-ben-jacobs-montana

[NCLefty]

11. Musta been somewhere High Falutin and FANCY.

Where in Italy?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. The lessons of Ted Cruz's Cancun fiasco seemed obvious

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