The Case Against Ryan Zinke 

Ryan Zinke is Bad for Our Environment!

He has been caught in outright lies and false stories. He is coming to California tomorrow after already ridiculing California.

A Huge Thank you out to The Montana Post for posting the Zinke track Record regarding his lies and untruths.

The Case Against Ryan Zinke

I will start with some highlights that could have been missed over the years, a shocker even for me at the beginning.

While running for Congress in 2014 Zinke Took a Donation from Richard Spencer

https://themontanapost.com/2015/06/22/representative-zinke-took-campaign-donation-from-white-supremacists/

Ryan Zinke Touts a White Supremacist Endorsement

https://themontanapost.com/2013/12/17/ryan-zinke-touts-a-white-supremacist-endorsement/

Zinke Pushes Hate Groups Legislation with bonus Puerto Rico involvement

https://themontanapost.com/2016/03/24/representative-zinke-chums-with-bigots-from-hate-groups/

Zinke’s Poll Numbers are not looking good of late

http://westernvaluesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MT-National-Parks-Public-Memo-F08.31.17.pdf

Zinke’s Phony PAC Scam

https://themontanapost.com/2014/10/28/zinkes-sofa-house-looks-like-a-front-to-me/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/ryan-zinke_n_5273076.html

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/ryan-zinke-stephen-colbert-super-pac-sofa/

https://themontanapost.com/2013/11/03/a-primer-on-ryan-zinkes-ethical-lapses-did-he-lie-to-the-fec/

https://themontanapost.com/2014/01/18/special-operations-for-america-coordinating-with-ryan-zinke/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/10/25/zinkys-skanky-pacs/

Zinke’s Ethics Violations Led to his Dismissal from Navy SEALs

http://themontanapost.com/2014/05/30/his-former-commander-exposes-ryan-zinkes-navy-seal-career-and-defective-moral-make-up/

Zinke Lawsuit

https://themontanapost.com/2017/02/12/why-is-the-montana-press-ignoring-the-zinke-lawsuit/

Zinke and the Ponzi Schemer

https://themontanapost.com/2016/10/01/ryan-zinke-and-paul-vallely-lied-about-their-ponzi-scheming-friend-to-the-missoulian/

Campaign Complaint Filed on Sweetheart RV Sale to Politician Friend

https://apnews.com/471f2db5bf8543dc9ce34bc21108ed97

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/ryan-zinke-campaign-fec-complaint-244313

Teddy Roosevelt IV calls out Zinke

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Roosevelt-IV-Interior-secretary-must-defend-11950870.php

Zinke Opposes Women in Combat

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/rep-zinke-wh-should-focus-on-fighting-not-feminism/

Ryan Zinke Breaks Department of Defense Policy, more than once

https://themontanapost.com/2016/02/24/ryan-zinke-just-cant-stop-breaking-department-of-defense-policy/

Ryan and Lola Zinke live in California

http://www.independent.com/news/2016/jul/20/part-time-hope-ranch-resident-ryan-zinke-speaks-rn/

http://helenair.com/news/local/why-does-ryan-zinke-have-campaign-signs-in-california/article_d431f1f4-db2f-11e3-94f1-0019bb2963f4.html

https://themontanapost.com/2016/10/04/california-dreaming-with-ryan-zinke/

That Time Ryan Zinke Called Hillary Clinton the Anti-Christ

https://themontanapost.com/2014/01/30/classy-ryan-zinke-calls-hillary-clinton-anti-christ/

And Later, When She Confronted him at the Inauguration About it

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-ryan-zinke-antichrist_us_59b87e38e4b02da0e13d4666

Whitefish Energy, No-Bid Contract in Puerto Rico

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/small-montana-firm-lands-puerto-ricos-biggest-contract-to-get-the-power-back-on/2017/10/23/31cccc3e-b4d6-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.166eb3b99eef

http://mtpr.org/post/whitefish-company-wins-power-restoration-contract-puerto-rico

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/ryan-zinke-neighbor-puerto-rico-power-contract

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/10/24/democrat-urges-probe-power-contract-zinke-neighbor/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/10/26/zinkes-pals-whitefish-energy-busy-tweeting-insults-at-mayor-puerto-ricos-largest-city/

http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/36722429/zinke-connection-to-whitefish-energy#.Wfiu7umgp3c.twitter

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/us/whitefish-cancel-puerto-rico.html

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/357818-fbi-investigating-whitefish-energy-deal

National Monuments Review

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/leaked-zinke-memo-urges-trump-shrink-national-monuments

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/shrink-at-least-4-national-monuments-and-modify-a-half-dozen-others-zinke-tells-trump/2017/09/17/a0df45cc-9b48-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html?utm_term=.0308d5076da9

https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2017/10/02/with-his-national-monument-proposal-sec-zinke-proves-he-is-no-teddy-roosevelt/#5217e8306c64

https://kobi5.com/news/merkley-wyden-concerned-secret-cascade-siskiyou-natl-monument-report-64062/amp/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-hunters-and-fishers-may-help-determine-the-fate-of-national-monuments1/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/08/14/why-is-ryan-zinke-playing-political-games-with-our-national-monuments-what-happened-to-him/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/08/17/secretary-zinke-takes-a-vacation-while-montana-burns-and-monuments-are-at-risk/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/09/04/secretary-zinke-fishes-while-montana-burns/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/08/24/secretary-zinkes-sham-review-of-monuments-fizzles-to-an-uncertain-end-insults-the-public/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/06/13/congressman-zinke-is-coming-for-your-national-monuments-and-campgrounds/

https://themontanapost.com/2016/06/17/ryan-zinke-flip-flops-on-public-lands-on-one-day/

Travel Concerns

https://themontanapost.com/2017/10/16/ryan-zinke-would-rather-fire-4000-people-than-fly-coach/

http://nypost.com/2017/10/11/ryan-zinkes-official-business-included-trips-to-ski-resort-alaskan-steakhouse/

Investigations

Threatening Murkowski Investigation

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349901-gao-to-investigate-zinkes-alleged-alaskan-threat

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ryan-zinke-under-investigation-for-healthcare-pressure-play/article/2630573

Las Vegas Travel Investigation

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/ryan-zinke-vegas-golden-knights/index.html

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060062089

Public Lands

https://themontanapost.com/2016/06/17/ryan-zinke-flip-flops-on-public-lands-on-one-day/

http://mtpr.org/post/house-candidates-zinke-lewis-battle-over-public-lands

http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/see-past-the-rhetoric-and-look-at-the-facts-of/article_8d7e5134-cee2-11e3-b70e-001a4bcf887a.html

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2014/10/16/zinke-wants-locals-approve-feds-land-plans/

Double cost of National Park Visit

https://themontanapost.com/2017/10/24/secretary-zinke-wants-to-more-than-double-the-cost-of-a-glacier-or-yellowstone-visit/

Environmental Concerns

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/322058-interior-secretary-repeals-ban-on-lead-ammunition

https://themontanapost.com/2017/08/22/zinke-continues-his-anti-science-crusade/

https://themontanapost.com/2015/01/24/the-climate-its-a-changin-and-so-is-ryan-zinkes-position-on-climate-again/

http://meic.org/2015/07/zinke-votes-for-toxic-coal-ash-bill-removing-safeguards-for-montanas-water/

Military Concerns

https://themontanapost.com/2016/01/07/commander-zinke-politicizes-the-death-of-an-american-soldier/

https://themontanapost.com/2016/04/01/disabled-veteran-ryan-zinke-warns-disabled-veterans-about-economic-slavery-of-veterans-benefits/

https://themontanapost.com/2016/03/15/ryan-zinke-misrepresents-his-service-record-again-in-pathetic-plea-for-cash-2/

https://themontanapost.com/2014/08/12/ryan-zinkes-abhorrent-plan-to-address-the-veteran-mental-health-crisis/

Miscellany

Ryan Zinke’s Special Flag

http://www.newsweek.com/queen-elizabeth-trumps-zinke-has-department-interior-fly-special-flag-just-him-683988

Zinke Claims Interior Employees Not Loyal to Trump

https://apnews.com/570c910d21be41869f76d45a2c55c359

Horse Slaughter

http://www.thehorse.com/articles/38560/wild-horse-advocates-ponder-zinke-nomination

Zinke’s daughter

http://missoulian.com/news/government-and-politics/zinke-s-veteran-daughter-excoriates-trump-in-response-to-transgender/article_3b731feb-8f36-5335-a9d1-2a17e4c0d686.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

Zinke Floats own name as Speaker of the House as Congressional Freshman

http://www.kxlh.com/story/30228505/montanas-rep-zinke-undecided-on-us-house-leadership-choice

Zinke tries to take credit for Bin Laden raid

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politics/article_3555963a-2fd5-11e4-b152-0019bb2963f4.html

Zinke Military Records

http://missoulian.com/news/local/zinke-releases-some-military-records-democrats-seek-more/article_303fa82c-201f-11e4-bad7-0019bb2963f4.html

Zinke Military Discharge Document

http://missoulian.com/zinke-certificate-of-discharge-pdf/pdf_333067f4-201c-11e4-8317-0019bb2963f4.html

Zinke’s Effort to Undermine Indian Sovereignty

https://themontanapost.com/2017/08/08/forget-the-beer-cover-ryan-zinkes-efforts-to-undermine-indian-sovereignty/

Favors cutting Interior Budget

http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/kcfw/presidents-budget-proposal-cuts-glacier-funds/529701200

Zinke Turned down VA head job for Interior

https://themontanapost.com/2017/06/16/secretary-zinke-turned-his-back-on-veterans/

Zinke Praises Saddam Hussein

https://themontanapost.com/2016/07/18/ryan-zinke-commends-praises-saddam-hussein/

Flip-Flopping Gun Record

https://themontanapost.com/2016/09/14/a-gentle-reminder-about-ryan-zinkes-real-second-amendment-record/

Zinke Praises Putin

https://themontanapost.com/2016/09/09/congressman-zinke-becomes-vladimir-putins-number-one-fan-boy/

Zinke Tours Fort Harrison with Leading Voice to Privatize the VA

https://themontanapost.com/2016/08/03/congressman-zinke-tours-fort-harrison-with-the-leading-voice-to-privatize-the-va/

Zinke Speaks out against NATO

https://themontanapost.com/2016/08/01/congressman-zinke-could-not-be-more-wrong-on-nato/

Zinke RNC Speech Recap

https://themontanapost.com/2016/07/18/howd-that-zinke-speech-turn-out-a-twitter-recap/

Zinke Opposes Same-Sex Marriage

https://themontanapost.com/2015/04/06/daines-and-zinke-join-reactionary-gop-caucus-to-oppose-same-sex-marriage/

Zinke Voted to Destroy Medicare and Slash Pell Grants as Congressman

https://themontanapost.com/2015/04/02/congressman-zinke-votes-to-slash-pell-grants-and-end-medicare-as-we-know-it/

Zinke Voted to End Amtrak Funding(One of the Main Employers in his Hometown of Whitefish)

https://themontanapost.com/2015/03/06/representative-zinke-votes-to-end-amtrak-funding-for-montana/

Zinke Votes to Restrict Abortion and Increase Taxes on Small Businesses

https://themontanapost.com/2015/01/22/congressman-zinke-votes-to-restrict-abortion-and-increase-taxes-on-vast-majority-of-small-businesses/

Ryan Zinke Endorses Torture

https://themontanapost.com/2014/12/13/ryan-zinke-the-billings-gazette-and-torture/

Zinke’s Losing Campaign as a Lieutenant Governor Candidate

http://helenair.com/news/article_103d93cc-ab74-11e0-a8fd-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

Zinke on Confederate Statues

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/zinke-we-cant-take-down-confederates-because-of-indians.html

LOLA ZINKE

https://themontanapost.com/2017/10/22/no-mrs-zinke-in-a-democratic-society-we-absolutely-can-and-must-criticize-the-military/

https://themontanapost.com/2017/10/02/ryan-and-lola-zinke-are-living-it-up-on-the-taxpayers-dime-too/

http://mtcowgirl.com/2016/10/13/five-super-awkward-moments-lola-zinke-stumped-for-trump/

Articles Detailing that he’s involved in Multiple Scandals

http://www.hcn.org/articles/scandals-pile-up-for-interior-secretary-zinke

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/27/ryan-zinke-environment-public-lands

https://thinkprogress.org/zinke-scandals-papertrail-26c2e725f345/amp/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/ryan-zinke-flag-flights-horse-dogs/index.html