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Incompetence meets corruption

by JIM ELLIOTT
| April 11, 2025 7:00 AM

Montana Republicans have made a few mistakes of late, what in baseball would be called “unforced errors,” meaning they were all avoidable.

Last week the Montana Senate censured former Senate President Jason Ellsworth for ethical violations and cancelled his ability to go on the Senate floor for life. It was the best that they could do.

They tried to expel him from the Senate three times but failed because Democrats and a few Republicans voted against the motions.

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