<p>Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) announced on Thursday that he was dropping out of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Senate</a> race in his state just days after launching his campaign.</p>
<p>Rosendale&#8217;s stunning reversal came after former President Donald Trump endorsed retired U.S. Navy SEAL and businessman Tim Sheehy for the seat on the same day that Rosendale announced his bid.</p>
<p>&#8220;Instead of one of those phony statements from politicians, here&#8217;s my statement on why I’m withdrawing my candidacy for the U.S. Senate,&#8221; Rosendale said in a statement. &#8220;As everyone knows, I have planned to run for the U.S. Senate and to win both the primary and the general election. However, the day I announced, President Trump then announced that he was endorsing a different candidate.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I have long been a supporter of the president, and remain so,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But I have been forced to calculate what my chances of success would be with Trump supporting my opponent. This race was already going to be tough, as I was fighting against Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republican establishment in Washington. But I felt like I could beat them, as the voters do not agree with them choosing who would be the next U.S. Senator from Montana.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rosendale said that he looked at his &#8220;calculations&#8221; and saw that Trump&#8217;s endorsement of Sheehy meant that he would not have the resources needed to win a brutal primary fight for the GOP nomination.</p>
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<p>He said that after realizing that &#8220;the hill was just too steep,&#8221; he spoke with Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and they agreed that it was best for the party&#8217;s chances to regain control of the U.S. Senate if he dropped out.</p>
<p>Daines responded to Rosendale&#8217;s announced on X, writing: &#8220;I appreciate Matt’s many years of service to Montana. It will take all Republicans working together to defeat Jon Tester in November.&#8221;</p>

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