I read with interest the May 22 letter to the editor by Bill Beck, Bob Brown, et al. They suggest it is character assassination to point out someone’s voting record and testimony. Are people that bring these documented items to light the ones at fault or is it the fault ultimately of the one who voted or testified? Shouldn’t legislators be held accountable?

For this primary race, the only two candidates I have seen held accountable for poor voting and testimony are Ryan Zinke and Al Olzsewski, and in my opinion both falsely claim to be other than what is documented on public record.

Ryan Zinke’s documented voting record has been exposed as left-leaning, pro-choice, and anti-gun rights. Al Olzsewski’s taped testimony in Helena shows that he did not tell the truth to his supporters stating his testimonial support for Medicaid expansion was conditional. These two candidates did it to themselves, depreciated their own credibility, and some want to shoot the messengers who brought this to light. 

It is up to voters to decide whether honesty matters in a candidate.  Hopefully, most people are fed up with silver-tongued/forked-tongued politicians.

Annie Bukacek, Bigfork