Tell Gianforte to buy a razor, not a House seat

Editor,

Greg Gianforte’s ads and website show him with about a week’s worth of beard growth. My guess is that some big-money-funded focus group showed that voters thought that the week of stubble made Gianforte look more rugged or common. I can just picture the political consultant’s memo: “Go with a week’s growth on your beard, an old camo hat, no tie, and wear a canvas shirt, so you will look like a real Montana working man.”

Greg, you aren’t fooling anyone. We know you are from New Jersey. We know you sold your software company for more than a billion. And we know you are bored and desperat...