“Garner, freshman rep from Kalispell, leads House fight against ‘dark money'”

This story from Montana illustrates a bit how AFP operates on the ground.

Without bothering to notify him, Americans for Prosperity-Montana sent critical postcards notifying its supporters of a Feb. 5 town meeting in Garner’s hometown of Kalispell. He learned about it from a Helena reporter.

AFP-Montana is part the conservative political organization founded by billionaires David and Charles Koch of Wichita, Kansas.

The group called these meetings in the hometowns of Garner and several other Republican lawmakers who refused to sign a card pledging to oppose any expansion of Medicaid in Montana.

The legislators showed up uninvited to these meetings in their towns, as did many of their friends. By most accounts, the meetings turned out to be disasters for AFP-Montana. . . . 

“Do we want the image that people have of this Capitol to be that one of the puppet strings, or one that represents the most worthy goals of the people that sent us here?” Garner asked. “As for me, I’m choosing to make elections more free and fair by increasing and improving disclosure.”

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