Dem Senate Candidate Dodges Questions About Ties to Communist Group

The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Montana last month dodged questions about her ties to a group that explicitly advocates the abolition of capitalism in the United States.

“That sounds like contemporary communism,” said Montana Public Radio reporter Edward O’Brien of the Industrial Workers of the World, a labor group for which Montana legislator Amanda Curtis’ husband is a representative.

Her ties to the group have come under scrutiny since she won the Democratic nomination for Senate. She replaced disgraced Sen. John Walsh (D.) on the ticket after it was revealed that he plagiarized his final paper at the Army War College.

Curtis laughed when asked about her ties to IWW in a Friday interview and dodged two questions about those ties.

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