“As a former Commander, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. As a state senator, I gave that same oath. As a Congressman, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution. There are some things that are not negotiable: Faith, my family, and the Constitution are dead center. It is nonnegotiable to me.”

American politician and businessman, born 1961

Ryan Keith Zinke is an American politician and businessman, serving as the U.S. representative for Montana's 1st congressional district since 2023. A Republican, he has held office in state and national politics and served as secretary of the interior under Donald Trump. Zinke served in the Montana Senate from 2009 to 2013, then represented Montana at large in the U.S. House from 2015 to 2017. He became secretary of the interior in 2017 and resigned in 2019 after a series of ethics inquiries.