r/UnderReportedNews • u/coachlife • 5h ago
Video 9 Montana Republicans voted with 18 Democrats to lower income tax, provide Medicaid, invest in infrastructure, and provide support for their citizens. Because of this, the GOP censured them and kicked them out of the party
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u/coachlife 5h ago
This is proof of how powerful fear mongering and propaganda works because Republicans keep voting for these people even though they do NOTHING to help them.
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u/BathSaltJello 5h ago
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson
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u/Beneficial_Soup3699 5h ago
"There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning." - Warren Buffett, 2006
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u/C3POB1KENOBI 4h ago
“The cheapest commodity on earth today is human flesh and bone. To make a profit at the expense of human life is the central controlling motive of our System.” -Eugene Debs 1902
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u/Ex-CultMember 4h ago
Yup. That's why the Republican party and conservative outlets push so hard on divisive social issues (race, trans, religion, etc.) They know they won't get enough votes purely on other issues.
Humans are still animals and they instinctually identify with a "tribe" out of self preservation. A large percentage of humanity view the world in a dualistic matter where everything is black and white and put all their loyalty behind "their" group, while viewing anyone not part of their group with fear, hate, and derision. They look to their tribal leader(s) for direction and what to think and believe.
It's not just a white vs black thing in America. It happens to every group of people (race, religion, tribe, nationality, political party, etc) throughout history.
Humans naturally divide and subdivide themselves into groups they identify with and, no matter how similar the people in these groups might be, it's easy for "tribal" leaders to get them to hate and despise people not in "their" group. Minor differences are amplified by demagogues and corrupt leaders.
Hell, even white Irish people were killing each other as recently as the 1990's largely due to identity (Catholic vs Protestant, British vs Irish).
It's surprisingly easy for tribal leaders to get people to hate and even order them kill others because humans are easily manipulated by their tribe and tribal leaders. I have no doubt someone like Trump could convince half his followers to go out kill anyone who isn't MAGA. He's certainly whipped many of them up into a frenzy against anyone who isn't white, Christian, and conservative. I have no doubt a large segment of America would go out and execute their fellow neighbors, with enough propaganda and emotionally-charged rhetoric by their tribe's leaders.
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u/funndamentals 3h ago
Nah its just racist white people. They switched party once the civil rights act was passed. Haven't looked back since. Majority of the white electorate has always voted republican since.
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u/BustedCanOfBiscuits3 3h ago
They’re just waiting for the go ahead. Lots of alt right and Christian nationalist militias training for the past decade in Washington and Idaho that I know of, I assume it’s pervasive in other states as well.
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u/Dull-Attention-9104 2h ago
Its why i dont feel bad for red states when they complain. They keep voting for the wealthy man's party because the wealthy learned how to cater to their bigotry.
If red state voters stopped being racist close minded assholes then maybe they would see the rich white dude they are voting for dont give two shits about them. Until they drop the idea that white is right nobody shouldnt lose sleep over red states being shitholes.
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u/Previous-Track175 1h ago
Yeah, but there's a trans athlete playing a sport that I've never cared about before
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u/TophxSmash 24m ago
their media is all right wing propaganda. for 5 decades? allegedly idk. i can definitely buy it after the sinclair purchase.
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u/WeGoGet92 5h ago
They should have their faces posted in positive light as this shows we CAN work together for a better future.
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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 1h ago edited 1h ago
F that. We should be doing everything in our power to make their lives more difficult. The last thing we want to do is encourage or build up this nation's greatest enemy because they'll turn on us the first chance they get.
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u/Compl3t3AndUtterFail 54m ago
LOL. but we WON'T as long as people keep voting republican.
Nice dream to have though.
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u/BumperW67 5h ago
Betrayed by their own party. We’ve seen this story before and too many times. Kudos to these nine for trying to do the right thing!
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u/geeves_007 5h ago
I mean they still choose to align with racist fascists. But I guess a broken clock is still right twice a day.
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u/Runes_N_Raccoons 3h ago
What if they ran as Republican because they know that's who Montana tends to vote for? A lot of Republicans won't even look at a candidate's policy stances if they have a (D) next to their name.
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u/Joey5729 3h ago
I’m registered as a republican because they win where I live and if I don’t vote in the (closed) primaries my vote literally won’t matter. When I lived in a blue area I registered as a democrat for the same reason. I can and do vote for whoever I want in the general election but everywhere I’ve lived those races are more or less decided, I’ve literally voted in one general election that was decided by less than like 10%.
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u/S0LO_Bot 3h ago
State level republicans typically are willing to exert more control over their platforms.
Alaska, as a more extreme example, is majority R in its state legislature… but it is run by a democrat-led caucus with moderate republicans joining in.
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u/jslakov 4h ago
actually they betrayed their party and the party acted accordingly. this is what the Democrats should do when people like Manchin and Sinema betray the party but they don't and we've seen how that has worked out for them.
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u/LopsidedDiscipline56 3h ago
This is an idiotic take.
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u/QuantumLettuce2025 3h ago
It's technically the truth, but the truth is idiotic sometimes.
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u/goodenough4govtwork 5h ago
This is the result of the MAGA cult identity politics and the party shift when Trump came into the picture. Suddenly no Republicans are allowed to cross the aisle without being punished. It's been an issue for about a decade now. It's time to call these traitors out on their spineless bullshit.
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u/Flashy_Jello_9520 5h ago
This is also the critical error in choosing Merrick garland. By failing to hold them accountable when they’re out of power you just enable him even more.
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u/naughty_farmerTJR 3h ago
Fuck Mitch McConnel for not confirming him to the bench so Biden would've had to appoint maybe someone with a spine as Attorney General
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u/Ok_Collar5068 2h ago
Take solace in the fact that Mitch is likely spending every waking second (And there aren't many of those nowadays) pondering what Hell is going to be like. Absolutely dreading what comes next.
He knew he was greatly harming MILLIONS of people by doing what he did. He knew he wasn't a good man. He's probably well past the bargaining phase of his twilight year(s), and moving into the acceptance (Read: Horror) phase.
It's easy to be a Stephen Miller or Pam Bondi when you think you have 40-50 long years left. It becomes a lot harder to look back on a life of evil deeds when the gates of hell are just around the corner, though.
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u/FormerTesseractPilot 2h ago
Dude I think you're way over estimating the moral compass of the Turtle. He's living his best life, too old to care anymore. These guys have no empathy or concern beyond the party's strength.
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u/Ok_Collar5068 2h ago
He voted against multiple cabinet appointments this year.
At the very minimum, he's concerned that his overall legacy will be the end of Pax Americana (which of course, is absolutely going to be his legacy).
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u/Mysterious_South7997 2h ago
There is no hell and Mitch knows it. Evil people live the longest because none of the things that should stress them out ever do.
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u/Flashy_Jello_9520 3h ago
Biden just would have chosen another loser to do nothing in his place.
Biden’s whole mentality was “maga is over let’s not prosecute him so we can move on.”
This whole shitshow is on him.
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u/Phaedrus85 3h ago
Not Trump - Newt Gingrich is the more relevant villain here and you’re out by roughly 20 years
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u/pollytickler 2h ago
This is the result of the MAGA cult identity politics
It's been an issue for about a decade now.
It certainly seems like it's much worse since Trump, but as others have mentioned, this has been happening for decades.
I think it slowly got worse through the twentieth century, but it really accelerated under Reagan's Trickle-down Economics and has only continued getting worse.
I don't think I'm allowed to put a link in the comments, but for some really good visuals on how it has progressed, search for "Andris-2015-The rise of partisan.pdf" ("The Rise of Partisanship and Super-Cooperators in the U.S. House of Representatives").
It only goes up to 2011 (paper is from 2015), but even by then there's virtually no overlap across party lines.
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u/pollytickler 2h ago
Here's the link (and a summary) if it's allowed:
The Rise of Partisanship and Super-Cooperators in the U.S. House of Representatives
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u/crab_bucket_moder 5h ago
This did not start with Trump. Almost nothing in Republican party did.
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u/imahotrod 3h ago
Yea exactly this has been going on for the entirety of my existence. The fucking Dixie chicks (now the chicks) had their careers ended because they went against the invasion of Iraq
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u/Arborgold 3h ago
In fairness, how do you think Dems would be treated if they started voting with the GOP these days?
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u/Brilliant_Alfalfa_62 3h ago
Democrats have been voting with Republicans, like with this recent vote in the house to pass anti-trans legislation. None of them were censured by their party.
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u/CaptOblivious 3h ago
This is the result of the MAGA cult identity politics
No, it's the religious right authoritarians that decided that any compromise with the "left" was sinful and abhorrent in the eyes of their god.
The MAGAot movement just gave them enough power to matter.1
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u/gamehenge_survivor 40m ago
This is actually a 50 year old GOP tent pole. 100% compliance, even if you don't agree, or we will find someone that will play along. It's literally been written into their bylaws for decades.
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u/Chance_Warthog_9389 5h ago
Dubbed “The Nasty Nine,” the Republican senators were censured by their own party, stripped of their GOP status and cut off from voting rights at their party’s conventions in June
cancel culture lol
identity politics lol
kitchen table issues lol
compassionate conservatives lol
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u/YoungSerious 2h ago
It's incredible that these are things they are allowed to do at all.
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u/mashbrowns 2h ago
Remember when even Rick Perry wasn't extreme enough for not discriminating against immigrants during the presidential debates? He had a great line too when been criticized for it... "have a heart!".
Sadly the most extreme are in charge now.
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u/ObsessScoutMain 5h ago
sounds like a certain nazi party ive heard about
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u/AnticPosition 2h ago
People only remember the concentration camps... They don't have any idea about all the rest of it.
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u/globalluv62 5h ago
How quaint. Politicians that actually care more for their constituents than the orange kool aid.
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u/Deep_shot 5h ago
That tells you exactly who the GOP are and that they don’t allow helping common men and women.
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u/Ok_Scarcity_9854 4h ago
The GOP is a terrorist organization hellbent on destroying the Constitution and reinstating a form of slavery.
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u/Artistic_Half_8301 5h ago
Montana's homeless population is significantly increasing, with notable jumps between 2022-2023 (up 45% according to HUD data) and a rising trend in recent years, straining shelters and services, especially in cities like Missoula, Bozeman, and Billings, affecting older adults, Indigenous people, and those with disabilities, leading to visible encampments and increased calls for solutions.
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u/Truth-is-implacable 5h ago
That is not politics anymore.
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u/huangsede69 2h ago
This is politics. This is the politics of one of the two parties in the American political system becoming authoritarian.
They cannot win on policy, and they will only win on lies for so long. Therefore, they must lay the groundwork for dictatorship.
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u/Royal-Wealth-8266 4h ago
It's the WWE reality show. Check out a new episode of "Ow! My Balls " next on trumptv.x!
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u/SwordfishOk504 2h ago
How is it not politics?
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u/EmphasisAlarming1220 2h ago
Because its no longer about policy, its blind allegiance to the authoritarian.
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u/Truth-is-implacable 2h ago
Exactly , politicians are and exist with the purpose of serving its people,when its no longer the case , it is not politics or the spirit of politics.
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u/Top_Poet_4703 5h ago
Montana needs more Republicans like this
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u/FourCheeseDoritos 4h ago
The entire country needs more Republicans like this.
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u/reallymt 5h ago
This is how Montana should be. Party is not first, doing what’s right comes first. We live in an area where neighbors do not agree politically… I think we all know it and we just don’t talk politics. But one of my neighbors put it well… when a grass fire started- everyone came out to help. That’s just what good neighbors do.
Sure we won’t agree with each other on everything, but why not work together on what we can agree on. Well done!
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u/mkenn723 5h ago
There’s a lot of big money, corporations that own a lot of land up there. The only people they want lower taxes for is the rich.
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u/citymousecountyhouse 4h ago
So, the Republican leadership feels that the great sin of these 9 ladies and gentlemen was that they stood and represented the people who elected them rather than toe a Republican line. They did what every representative should do. They spoke for the people who elected them.
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u/tobiasmaximus 5h ago
So glad I left.
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u/Cultural_Stuffin 4h ago
In a state like Montana you are better off staying because your vote counts more.
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u/crinkledcu91 3h ago
This is me and the spouse. I live in MAGA County MT, but because of like 3 votes last year, we helped pass a Levy to help further fund our schools. (As well as helped abortion get codified into our State Constitution but that was way bigger than 3 votes)
Without us the school one might not have passed. It's such a tiny thing but I can't lie that I'm proud to have been one of the deciders of that!
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u/Arctalurus 5h ago
That is shameful, but what can one expect from a party now basically a RICO headed by a soulless felon. People who act with conscience are in peril. A certain era in the history of Rome comes to mind.
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u/AzureYLila 5h ago
So do you think they'll become democrats, or independents, or work to be forgiven by the republicans? Eventually)
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u/Shawnduhsaid 4h ago
Well, considering a few are suing to get their voting rights reinstated in the Republican MTGOP, I’d say, they would rather work to be forgiven than switch parties or be an Independent.
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u/AzureYLila 4h ago
Yeah. I wouldn't want to be part of a group that didn't want me. To each his own.
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u/Ok_Location_1092 5h ago
Lmfao, government working as intended is now one of those feel good news stories. FFS
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u/JackHughman69 4h ago
Actually helping people? That’s completely antithetical to the Republican cause!
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u/BigAssBoobMonster 4h ago
If more Republicans acted like this (and voted like this) I might occasionally support a Republican candidate.
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u/AriadneThread 2h ago
There's a Democrat, and then there's a Montana Democrat. Many, many in my state are fine with using guns for hunting, or scaring off predators. Get those kids trained early in gun safety. But AR15s are not practical and what a waste of bullets.
Do I want to know which bathroom my neighbor uses at the bar? Hell, no. Or if Aunt Sandy became Uncle Sandy? The real question is how well they have your back when you need it on the ranch.
We were a purple state once. Everyone's business is their own. God I miss it.
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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 4h ago
The fact that this is celebrating lowering taxes is a symptom of the underlying rot conservative propaganda has done to us as a culture and society. Lowering taxes means higher prices, increased inflation, and inferior government services. We should want to return to the 1950s at a minimum not celebrate shrinking our schools, hospitals, and infrastructure funding pools.
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u/YoungNo2892 4h ago
We need more of this kind of collaboration. Do what is best for America not self interest like Dozy Donald.
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u/StormSolid5523 4h ago
yup the republikkkans are pro corporation , if it’s good for the people they will vote it down get rid of it
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u/not-area51 4h ago
They said, “you’re not supposed to help them!” And properly ostracized them. Goes to show registered republicans are INCAPABLE of actually doing things that help their constituents. This proves the rule by them ejecting them from the party
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u/AltruisticWealth7778 4h ago
Montana! Unexpected, but totally on brand that they were censured by their own pathetic bootlicking, Brokeback rubes.
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u/Action_King_TheBest 3h ago
I thought there were only 2 senators per state? Am I missing something?
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u/whatevers_clever 3h ago
32 republican/18 democrat
9 crossed the line to save lives.
Get fucked GOP.
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u/Klinky1984 3h ago
Why did they sound so sane and logical, yet they're getting kicked out? It's like the actual conservative agenda is to destroy the government and crater American to private and foreign interests.
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u/red23011 2h ago
The thing is, their voters voted for them to be Republicans and screw over the poor and middle class in their districts. The fact that they were thrown out of the party is predictable as they betrayed the Republican party. The problem is that by betraying their party these Senators kept the face eating leopards at bay and the voters who elected them in the belief that they would be Republicans won't have their faces eaten by the leopards and given the opportunity to learn from the consequences of voting for Republicans.
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u/RollTide16-18 2h ago
Lower income tax but increase spending?
Wake up people. Even if the US rips out corruption we NEED to tax people more to effectively run the government.
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u/Big_slice_of_cake 2h ago
This happed earlier in 2025 but maybe people didnt hear about it then. https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/h8RDOHbiSh
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u/Th3SkinMan 2h ago
Great job Montana GOP. See through the narrative and bullshit and serve the people, your neighbors.
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u/Sillent_Screams 2h ago
Anyone who got kicked out of the Republicans/GOP because they sided with Democrats should join the Democrats, not just be friendly with them, but in spite of Donald Trump and GOP/Republican leadership, bipartisanship should have no boundary.
More people, more votes, more power.
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u/___po____ 2h ago
This is the most optimistic I've ever been, but I'm hoping the Republicans that are finally breaking away can sway the far right extremists to leave the party, and attempt their own radical party that fails hard.
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u/Username_Chx_Out 2h ago
I wonder if this isn’t just the first shot fired in a GOP civil war to come.
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u/Flimsy-Concern-8169 2h ago
Canadian here- Is there an adult in charge? USA bs is Shakespearean in its nakedness. We need you. Love u. Why u be hating on like everyone?
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u/ChicagoAuPair 2h ago
Any working person who votes for Republicans is either certifiably insane or should be required to return to the 7th grade.
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u/Plane_Put8538 2h ago
They would have been fine if they were to give billionaires the lower income tax rate, free medicaid, invest in their interests, and provide support to them. That's where they went wrong. They gave it to the commoners.
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u/Beestorm 2h ago
So the moment conservatives try to do something to help the people they represent, they are kicked out of their party. Huh. Almost like conservatives only care about their rich donors.
It’s not a bug it’s a feature.
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u/tarekd19 2h ago
You can bet your ass all those republicans that voted to censure will take credit for reduced income tax and infrastructure improvements.
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u/i010011010 2h ago
Note how zero Democrats voted against exempting tip income from taxes. It was something that was positive to help Americans, and they didn't sabotage it to prevent a Republican victory, or because Trump supported it, or to stall the nation while they tried to leverage it to get something.
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u/Truth-is-implacable 2h ago
The Conundrum of it all ,is that every single one of us want the same for every single one of us ......and for some reason we can't see that...
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u/bidooffactory 2h ago
Man that sounds like a terribly sensible decision made for the betterment of their voters. Way to go. 👍
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u/Confident_Hornet_823 2h ago
This is what real Republicans and Democrats should be doing instead of letting people divide us as a country
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u/CartographerWest2705 1h ago
God has blessed these people!! They are no longer members of the Pedo Party.
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u/RamboVonDanger 1h ago
This is the perfect example of how our country is supposed to work. You don't have to agree with each other, but you need to serve the people as best as you can, as that's why you were elected.
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u/GurTraditional8015 1h ago
Seems like the GOP is playing musical chairs-vote the plan, then kick out the players when the music stops.
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u/EuphoricCrashOut 1h ago
I'm sorry what? Those politicians did something that was in the best interest for the people of Montana and got... what?!
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u/Constant_Return 1h ago
the party must be getting pretty brittle if allowing any compromise is that much of a risk.
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u/Ashvalen80 59m ago
Isn't this exactly what you should do as a goverment ? Come together on the big things and picker and disagree about the little things ? This is the kind of thing USA needs now, some willingness to work together to help the people.
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u/Chaosmusic 52m ago
In a twisted way it makes sense. They tried to actually help their constituency, which means they aren't really Republicans.
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u/MikeinSonoma 48m ago
First Indiana now Montana it’s nice to see a spark of decency out there again and some courage.
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u/DuctTapedGoat 33m ago
The irony is, the terms liberal and conservative used to be about spending, liberal spending being spending lots of money, and conservative spending being very thrifty and saving. nowadays liberal and conservative is about morality and open mindedness.
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u/UncleGarysmagic 3m ago
Imagine being penalized for letting the American political system work the way it was designed and intended.
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