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Tim Sheehy: “The national average is 1.5% [veterans].”

Featuring: Tim Sheehy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Montana

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Tim Sheehy discusses his election run against Montana Senator Jon Tester

Published | Video Starts at 15:41

You know, you got to take, you've got to take an interest in this race because Montana, Tywood, Alaska is the highest percentage veteran state in the nation. About 10 and a half percent of Montana residents are veterans. The national average is 1.5% [veterans]. We have a lot of veterans here. And John Tesler is fantastic at pandering to the veterans. I'm going to do this for you. I've done this for you. (15:41–15:44)

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Asserts that the national average of veterans among residents is 1.5%.

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