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- ↑ State of Montana. "Rodney Garcia (R)" . Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Johnson, Clair (16 January 2018). "Who will be Billings' newest representative — a retired oil field worker, a millennial with 'youthful ambition' or a former parole officer?". Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ↑ Pogreba, Don (February 27, 2019). "Representative Rodney Garcia Attacks Child Protective Services, Calling them Kidnappers, on a Militia News Outlet". The Montana Post. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- 1 2 "'Enemies of the free state': Constitution calls for socialists to be jailed or shot, lawmaker says". Washington Times. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- 1 2 Michels, Holly (February 2020). "Billings legislator insists Constitution says it's OK to shoot socialists". Billings Gazette. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Drake, Phil (3 February 2020). "GOP leadership calls on Garcia to resign from state House". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ↑ Mettler, Katie (2020-02-04). "GOP lawmaker who falsely said it's legal to shoot socialists ignores his party's calls to resign". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ↑ Hanson, Amy Beth (3 February 2020). "Montana House leadership asks lawmaker to resign". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ↑ "2020 Legislative Primary Election Canvass" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
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