Taxpayers funding Bullock security detail on the campaign trail in Iowa

MEQUOKETA, Iowa — When Gov. Steve Bullock hits the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, his security detail of two Montana Highway Patrol officers comes along, too — at taxpayer expense.

The Montana Republican Party, in a statement earlier this week, asked why state taxpayers “should have to swallow the cost of his executive protection when he’s out campaigning and not doing his job as governor.”

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