{"id":21956,"date":"2025-11-08T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2025-11-08T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:34:30","slug":"democrat-candidate-gets-destroyed-in-primary-after-threatening-gop-senator-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21956","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Candidate Gets Destroyed In Primary After Threatening GOP Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sheehy-mcknight-390x220.jpg 390w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images\/Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Democratic lawmaker lost her seat in a landslide after leaving an expletive-filled, threatening voicemail for freshman Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) in July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The message came shortly after Sheehy and most Senate Republicans voted to advance the Trump-backed \u201cBig Beautiful Bill,\u201d a sweeping spending package that fulfilled several of the president\u2019s key campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>The voicemail was traced to Haley McKnight, a Democratic candidate for city commissioner in Helena, Montana\u2019s capital,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/unhinged-voicemail-exposes-left-wing-candidates-death-threats-against-gop-senator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHi, this is Haley McKnight. I\u2019m a constituent in Helena, Montana,\u201d McKnight began in her message, which was obtained by Fox News. \u201cI just wanted to let you know that you are the most insufferable kind of coward and thief. You just stripped away healthcare for 17 million Americans, and I hope you\u2019re really proud of that. I hope that one day you get pancreatic cancer, and it spreads throughout your body so fast that they can\u2019t even treat you for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1985497401843478812&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fdemocrat-destroyed-96538%2F&amp;sessionId=ef4c8188494ac8fb251b6524163da144f9ba2a70&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1985497401843478812\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>In the roughly one-minute voicemail, sent on July 1, McKnight directed a series of angry remarks at Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, taking aim at his personal health and his family\u2019s wellbeing before issuing a warning for him \u201cnot to meet me on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hope you die in the street like a dog,\u201d McKnight continued. \u201cOne day, you\u2019re going to live to regret this. I hope that your children never forgive you. I hope that you are infertile. I hope that you manage to never get a boner ever again. You are the worst piece of s*** I have ever, ever, ever had the misfortune of looking at \u2026 God forbid that you ever meet me on the streets because I will make you regret it. F*** you. I hope you die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federal Election Commission records indicate that McKnight has previously donated to multiple Democratic candidates. She has also publicly expressed her support for former President Barack Obama and highlighted her campaign work for former Montana Democratic congressional candidate Steve Held.<\/p>\n<p>She was also a candidate for a traditionally non-partisan on the Helena city commission, but her phone call likely led to her disastrous finish in that race this week. She finished third with just 20 percent of the vote, eliminating her from contention for either of the two available seats.<\/p>\n<p>It also cost her a job.<\/p>\n<p>McKnight, a North Carolina native, ran the Sage &amp; Oats Trading Post, which she describes on her campaign website as \u201ca successful Native American-owned gift store.\u201d After news of her threatening phone call to Sheehy broke, the owners of Sage &amp; Oats Trading Post, Major and Michelle Robinson, fired her.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2025\/11\/05\/montana-political-candidate-loses-job-over-sheehy-voicemail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana Free Press<\/a>, McKnight told the Robinsons that a national news article about her threatening voicemail was about to hit the country. The Robinsons said they were only given about an hour\u2019s notice and were unprepared for the onslaught of criticism that followed.<\/p>\n<p>The couple described the voicemail as \u201ccompletely out of character\u201d for 30-year-old McKnight but said Wednesday that they had decided to terminate her employment after initially suspending her without pay. The Robinsons said they were strongly opposed to the \u201cthreatening language\u201d she used in the message but acknowledged that firing her was a difficult decision.<\/p>\n<p>They considered McKnight \u201clike family,\u201d they said, crediting her with playing an integral role in the growth of their business since its opening in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with your work family or your regular family, if you make a mistake, you learn to grow from those mistakes,\u201d Major Robinson said in a Wednesday phone interview with Montana Free Press. \u201cThis one\u2019s a mistake on a national level. 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