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Troy Downing: “Montana is the poster child [for rural issues] because we…”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:03

Oh, my gosh. I had no idea. Yeah, when, when you start talking about rural issues, which, I mean, there, there's so many states that have, you know, rural issues. Montana is the poster child [for rural issues] because we really do have a lot of small towns, small counties, and a lot of distance between them. Wow, that's fabulous. I, it, it is just such a stunningly beautiful state. And I grew up in the east coast, and I think sometimes people in the east coast maybe haven't made it their way west enough. (02:03–02:11)

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Asserts that Montana exemplifies rural issues due to its small towns, counties, and distances.

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