Welcome to March! Here are the topics for today’s column:

• Daines – GOP Senate Leader
• Daines – House Speaker
• Montana Abortion Bills
• Potpourri
• One More Thing

DAINES – GOP SENATE LEADER:

Axios is reporting that former President Trump quietly has been urging Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) to run for GOP Senate leader — and was doing so even before Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced he was stepping aside as leader, two sources familiar with the situation tell Axios.

My pick for GOP Senate leader is U.S. Senator John Thune of South Dakota. Thune is a statesman and won’t roll over if Trump pressures him.

Daines is a “Yes” man that Trump needs if he becomes President. I think Dianes would bend and violate the Constitution to please Trump. Daines does not have a spine.

DAINES – HOUSE SPEAKER:

The reporters at NonStop Local (ABC/Fox) were quick to get a quote from U.S. Senator Steve Daines about Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell stepping down.

But they seemed confused about in which legislative body Daines serves. The headline, which has now been changed said, “Senator Steve Daines Comments on his potential to be the next House Speaker.”

Here at The Western Word, I take screenshots all the time, so you can see the headline HERE.

I think it is more important than ever for our children to pay attention during American Government classes…

MONTANA ABORTION BILLS:

MTN News is reporting that a state district judge has issued a ruling, permanently blocking three laws from the 2021 legislative session that tightened abortion restrictions. Judge Kurt Krueger, a Butte-Silver Bow judge handling a case in Yellowstone County, granted summary judgment Thursday and put a permanent injunction on the laws. In his decision, he said they were incompatible with the Montana Constitution.

MTN says the three bills are:

• House Bill 136, which would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except when necessary to prevent serious health risk to the mother.
• House Bill 140, which would have required abortion providers to ask patients if they wanted to see an ultrasound of the fetus or listen to its heartbeat.
• House Bill 171, which would have put additional restrictions on medication abortion, including requiring patients to make two in-person visits to a provider.

I am happy to see these bills struck down. I am sure the Montana Department of Justice will appeal. I personally hope that we see fewer abortions in the USA, but the abortion decision should be made by the woman with advice from her healthcare provider.

Read the full report from MTN HERE.

POTPOURRI:

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