It Means He Doesn't Care
From the article: https://billingsgazette.com/news/republicans-debate-farm-issues-in-miles-city/article_be1d234b-1a44-54b0-868d-62a6a3ab9958.html
“Opponents Kyle Austin, of Billings, James Boyette, of Bozeman, and Charles Walkingchild, of Helena, made it clear that Rosendale, Montana’s current at large representative, was what prompted each of them to run.
Montana Farmers Union, United States Cattleman’s Association, Montana Cattleman’s Association, and Northern Plains Resource Council sponsored the forum, held at Miles City Community College. It was announced at the beginning of the event that Rosendale was invited to attend but declined.
“When he's at the legislature. When he says no to supporting aid to Ukraine. It means he doesn't care. When he says that we're not going to support our veterans. It means he doesn't care. Rosendale just says 'no,'” Austin said.”
“The forum was very farm specific. Concerning health care, the candidates were asked how they would address the mental health crisis in farm country, given that the suicide rate in Montana is among the worst in nation, and, with drought adding to the stress on farm families, risks are escalating.”
“We need to make sure that insurance companies start putting people over their profits when it comes to the suicide rate among farmers and ranchers,” said Boyette, who works in rural Montana as a medical products representative. “My family's dealt with it and to address a lot of the stress going on there, we need to have support from our federal government to provide the resources and funding necessary for them to have what they need to take care of their crops, to take care of their livestock, and to not be put in those kinds of situations and make sure that any sort of mental health program is accessible for everyone.”
“Walkingchild said the answer to better mental health was to have more fun and exercise.
“As for them being depressed, wanting to commit suicide, God never designed you to commit suicide,” Walkingchild said. “You want to take a good look at how bad Democrats are in their socialism, look on the reservations. They're depressed too. But I want to uplift our people and we could do it together through activity, not through mental health therapists, but by providing roller skating rinks. Remember when you did that? Yep, roller skating rinks, hockey activities, that's the way we're going to get healthy. Heck with the government, we need to deregulate them.”
