Wapiti-gate! or The Canadensis Collusion

Oh the Humanity!

Well, no actually not humanity, but wapiti, otherwise known as elk. Or, for you science nerds, cervus canadensis. That is what the Montana Democrat Party is attacking Republican Representative Denny Rehberg over. More specifically about what the Representative knew about his staffer Randy Vogel allegedly illegally killing an elk.

“What did Denny Rehberg know about his staff poaching an elk and when did he know it?”

Roll Call reports that the Democrats last night put out a statement demanding answers, Watergate-style, about an incident in which Rehberg staffer Randy Vogel was placed on leave for allegedly illegally killing an elk. The MDP’s executive director, David Benson, tried to frame the matter as one of secrecy, lies and cover-ups. “Either he knowingly hired a poacher, or he hired someone who knowingly lied about it,” he said in the statement.


Rehberg’s office released a statement explaining the incident, saying the staffer wasn’t on the Congressman’s staff at the time of the incident and was informed on March 3 that he was being ticketed for it. “Congressman Rehberg was unaware of the incident in question until Randy informed him of it after receiving notice of the ticket,” the statement says.

Guess they would do or say anything to shift focus from the way Democrats in Washington have been running the country. At this rate, it won't be long before we'll all need to hunt out of season just to put food on the table.