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Republican candidate falsely states there are more bears than people in Montana

Montana has more cows than people, but more bears? Not exactly. Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Tim Sheehy said in a recent interview with Breitbart News there were more bears than people in Montana, which estimates don’t support, and by a long shot. “This is a state where there’s not a lot of people. There’s more cows than people, there’s more bears than people, and we’re not used to having a lot of political clout. Presidential elections or electoral votes don’t mean a whole lot, ” Sheehy said in the interview. Sheehy, who would face Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in a general …