My father took his own life recently. A day calling family friends for the campaign and having some of them burst into tears upon hearing my voice has been...really tough.
Your condolences are taken to heart - thank you on behalf of my family. It has been a bit since our loss, but not too long. Hold your loved ones close.
The conflict between being human and being a candidate is no more obvious than when working within our awful campaign finance system.
I’ll raise the money - we have *all* lost too much these past few years and the stakes are too high to have days like to today stop me.
But there’s a tension between humanity and our politics. It shouldn’t be there.
Did not expect this response. Thank you everyone. Montana has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
Native Montanans and rural Montanans are particularly affected, and the deep unfairness of our healthcare system means there is only *one* psychiatrist east of Billings. That’s a 4 hour drive. Help the people helping our state:
namimt.org/donate-nami-mo…
namimt.org/donate-nami-mo…
And for gods sake please support candidates who know that our healthcare shouldn’t be rationed for the poor, or for people of color, or for rural people. We need universal healthcare and we need it yesterday.
When I served in the legislature it was so humbling knowing that the good people at DPHHS would do anything to help Montanans. Resources for those in need 👇
dphhs.mt.gov/suicideprevent…
dphhs.mt.gov/suicideprevent…
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