2020
2020-07-21
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Downing campaigned on 'protecting the consumer' as his 'prime directive,' yet his own campaign was found to have committed seven violations of Montana campaign finance and transparency laws — the very type of regulatory compliance he was pledging to enforce as State Auditor. Both sources are from different hostnames (mtpr.org and apnews.com).
2018
2018-07-18
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Downing has built his entire political identity around being a 'proud Montanan' and won statewide office as Montana State Auditor, yet he pled guilty to illegally obtaining resident hunting licenses for six years as a non-resident, with evidence showing he referred to California as 'home.' The contradiction between his public Montana identity and the legal finding that he was not a Montana residen…
What this view assembles
- Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
- Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
- Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
- Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).
This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.
