Zinke broke with most Republicans on the issue of transfers of federal lands to the states , calling such proposals " extreme " and voting against them . In July 2016 , Zinke withdrew as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in protest of a plank in the party 's draft platform which would require that " certain " public lands be transferred to state control . Zinke said that he endorses " better management of federal land " rather than transfers
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2016 Republican National Convention
Ryan Zinke