Matt Rosendale

Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale tells us why he refused to take a phone call from former President Donald Trump as Republicans were in the middle of an historic debate over electing the Speaker of the House.

Zinke delivers the final decisive vote. And Rosendale rejects a phone call from President Trump? McCarthy elected Speaker. Here's some of the Montana specific highlights.

Representative-elect Matt Rosendale: "You can send any mouthpiece up here that's willing to go along and push a green button for leadership. And that's not what I was sent up here to do."

Shortly before noon Mountain Time on Tuesday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to secure 218 votes during the first round of voting to be selected as Speaker of the House. As a result, the vote will now go to another round for the first time since 1923.

Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale (R-MT) fired right back at national conservative radio host Mark Levin, and vowed to continue the fight against Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

I started getting a few messages from our radio listeners across the state late Tuesday afternoon. Are you listening to Mark Levin right now? Mark Levin is tearing into Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale (R-MT). What was the topic? Here you go.

Rosendale: "She needs to step down and then allow the people from Wyoming to make their decisions about who they want to represent them. She has been obsessed with Trump possibly running for president again..."

Liz Cheney suffered a MASSIVE defeat in Wyoming on Tuesday. The Trump-backed Harriet Hageman carried more than 60% of the vote. (The NYT at 630 Wednesday AM showed Hageman with 66% of the vote to Cheney's 29%)

The bill raises taxes on working class Americans. The bill spends billions more of your taxpayer dollars, as government spending fuels the inflation that is driving up the cost of practically everything you buy. And Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) just voted over the weekend to put the bill across the finish line.

How did the GOP fare overall in the state? What are Congressman Rosendale's top takeaways in terms of what he thinks the voters are looking for this Fall?

He got his start in politics working for former Gov. Ted Schwinden (D-MT) back in the 1980s, and has donated to several major Democrat campaigns and officials. So why not run as a Democrat?

Rosendale: "She used her position as a bully pulpit against President Trump...we cannot allow folks on the other team to join our huddle."