Rosendale's entrance into Montana Senate race looms as Trump endorsement remains at large

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The encounter was captured on social media, in which Rosendale said Trump was "the best president of my lifetime" and that the Senate needed "strong conservatives" to enact the former president's agenda.
53% : Trump carried the state by 16 percentage points in 2020, less than he won in 2016.
45% : Of the Senate Democrats up for reelection, seven are in states that went for Trump in 2016, 2020, or both.
41% : "Five years ago, then-President Trump traveled to Montana to stump for Rosendale five times.
40% : The Montana congressman was fundraising at Mar-a-Lago when he bumped into Trump.
32% : But efforts from Rosendale to win over Trump's endorsement could be a losing battle after advisers for the former president were irked by Rosendale's promotion of a run-in he had with Trump despite not yet having endorsed him at the time, according to CNN.
31% : "By Trump not offering an endorsement of Sheehy, that could give Rosendale an opportunity to get into this race," said a Montana-based GOP strategist who preferred to stay anonymous.
22% : Last summer, Trump told Rosendale in a private conversation that he wouldn't endorse his run for Senate, according to reporting from CNN.Montana and Washington, D.C.-based Republicans believe Trump may ultimately stay out of this primary and offer no endorsements.
15% : "If we are going to undo the disaster inflicted by the 'trifecta:' Biden, Schumer, and McConnell, we must re-elect Trump as President," he wrote.

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