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Midterms 2026 · MT-01

Aaron Flint

Across 23 statements tracked since 14 Aug 2026, Aaron Flint's most frequent rhetorical moves are absolutes and threat & fear.

Republican nominee, MT-01 (open seat; Zinke retiring) · Republican · MT-01 House race 2026: Montana's 1st district

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An AI brief of everything Aaron Flint said in each finished week and month: the lines they repeat, who they are talking to, how the tone moved and what changed.

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Most used moves, last 90 days

Per 100 words, from the transparent pattern engine

Absolutes0.4
Threat & fear0.3
Labeling0.2
Leverage0.1
Vague promise0.1

Audience impact, last 30 days

+1.2 leans reassuring

Average of 19 statements: how they are likely to leave the audience they target, from −5 (alarm, anger, division) to +5 (reassurance, unity). It describes effect, not truth.

This week against their usual

Hostility this week 0.4 / 10, 0.7 below their usual 1.1.

Hostility is a style measure from 0 to 10, built from threats, labels, “us versus them” framing and similar moves, compared with the same person's earlier statements. It says nothing about whether a claim is true.

Latest statements

21 Oct 2026 · nbcmontana.com

The folks who created this mess are now trying to capitalize off this mess. And they've got their sights set on western Montana. But I didn't just run to stop western Montana from turning into Portland and to keep the crazy out of Montana. I'm running because…

Audience impact 0 neutral

21 Oct 2026 · ypradio.org

Even if you take all of the national politics and the importance of this race out of the picture altogether I truly believe and I believe since day one that we have got to keep the crazy out of Montana we cannot allow Western Montana to turn into Portland.

Audience impact 0 neutral

19 Oct 2026 · NPR Politics

I'm not just running because of deep frustration with the damage that was done to this party by the Democrat party. I'm also running because there's some Republicans back in Washington that aren't doing enough to fix everything either.
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

17 Oct 2026 · Breitbart

My opponent is this far-left LGBTQ lobbyist from Portland, who lobbied for all the crazy stuff. Men in girls’ bathrooms, drag queen shows targeting kids. And, if that doesn’t make you mad, he also lobbied for higher property taxes, and to stick Montanans with…

Audience impact 0 neutral

17 Oct 2026 · deseret.com

I think whether the president was a Democrat or a Republican, I think we as Montanans … want a congressman who can pick up the phone and talk to the president of the United States. We want a congressman who can go to the White House and sit down with the…

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

15 Oct 2026 · Montana Free Press

It’s a deep relationship that you get the honor of having with people because you’re with them at their breakfast table every morning. You’re in their pickup while they’re checking on cattle, you’re in the combine cab with them, and they really get to know…
Threat & fearLabelingLeverage

Audience impact +4 reassures or unites

15 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

This is huge news for Montana. We've got nearly 100,000 fellow veterans here in the state. So it's huge news for our economy, but it's also huge when it comes to American dominance and ensuring that America dominates, not the Communist Chinese or Russia. So…
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

15 Oct 2026 · Montana Free Press

Even people from Portland are booing, they’re like ‘yeah, why do you think we left Portland,’. in faith and in freedom. the significance of the vote here.

Audience impact +4 reassures or unites

14 Oct 2026 · publicdomain.media

I will fight to protect public lands, not only from data centers but from far-left extremists like my opponent.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

13 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

Phony Forstag, unfortunately he pretends to be this poor, blue-collar working-class guy. He was a high-paid LGBTQ lobbyist from Portland who lobbied for all the crazy stuff. I've also met a lot of folks who fled these failed cities on the West Coast, like…
Labeling

Audience impact −1 leans negative

13 Oct 2026 · Montana Free Press

I joined the military to eventually pay for college. I had to wait tables to get myself through college. He had Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez here in May, and now he will act like he never even met her. I’d like a pledge from you: do you oppose data centers?. I…
AbsolutesLeverage

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

13 Oct 2026 · Campaign of Aaron Flint

Jobs and affordability are my top priority. We’re going to invest in trades and trades education. We’re going to revitalize our timber industry, and make our timber industry great again. We’re going to mine and manufacture in America again and that’s how…
AbsolutesVague promise

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

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