BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) \u2014 Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged Monday that derogatory remarks he made last year about Native Americans were \u201cinsensitive.\u201d But Sheehy rejected his opponent\u2019s call to apologize, during a contentious debate in a race that\u2019s emerged as pivotal for control of the Senate. Three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Tester had challenged Sheehy over remarks last year in which the Republican told a group of laughing supporters about bonding \u201cwith all the Indians … while they\u2019re drunk at 8 a.m.,\u201d while working cattle at a ranch on the Crow Indian Reservation. \u201cYeah, insensitive,\u201d responded Sheehy, a former U.S. Navy SEAL. \u201cI come from the military as many of our tribal members do. You know, we make insensitive jokes and probably off color-jokes sometimes.\u201d Sheehy then… <\/p>\n
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) \u2014 Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged Monday that derogatory remarks he made last year about Native Americans were \u201cinsensitive.\u201d But Sheehy rejected his opponent\u2019s call to apologize, during a contentious debate in a race that\u2019s emerged as pivotal for control of the Senate. Three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Tester had challenged Sheehy over remarks last year in which the Republican told a group of laughing supporters about bonding \u201cwith all the Indians … while they\u2019re drunk at 8 a.m.,\u201d while working cattle at a ranch on the Crow Indian Reservation. \u201cYeah, insensitive,\u201d responded Sheehy, a former U.S. Navy SEAL. \u201cI come from the military as many of our tribal members do. You know, we make insensitive jokes and probably off color-jokes sometimes.\u201d Sheehy then... <\/p>\n