Later, Quist said that his political opponents are using intimidation and humiliation as a form of bullying to “get to” him. He also said that the Gianforte campaign is using the media and social media to do that.

“I challenge Gianforte and all their media mouthpieces to come listen to the stories today,” he said. “Greg Gianforte has $2.5 million in stock for some of these pharmaceutical companies that are charging such high prices. We need to reject Mr. Gianforte and the dinosaur he rode in on.”

Quist was referring to the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum, which espouses the idea that the world is about 6,000 to 6,400 years old and is a six-day divine creation. That means, according to the museum, that dinosaurs and humans coexisted. There is even a depiction of a Native American person riding a dinosaur. One of the core foundations of the museum is that the Bible is an accurate, literal history of the world. The Gianforte Family Foundation donated a large Tyrannosaurus rex model and Acrocanthosaurus exhibit in the museum’s main hall. The foundation was set up by Gianforte.

Quist also railed against the disparity between the super-wealthy and middle-class and poor Americans, a disparity he said is only getting bigger because of Republican-instituted tax breaks for the rich.