Daines’ silence was louder than Carl’s hate

By: Doug James

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Let’s stop pretending this was normal.

Steve Daines walked into a U.S. Senate hearing and introduced a man from his own hometown. A man blistered, on national television, for antisemitic rhetoric, for parroting “replacement theory,” for claiming January 6 rioters were treated worse than Black Americans under Jim Crow.

That man is Jeremy Carl.

Daines’ contribution?

They’re both from Bozeman.

They both admire Ronald Reagan.

That’s it.

No outrage. No correction. No “this is …

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