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Jon Tester, the Largest Recipient of Lobbyist Cash in America, Dings Opponent for Taking Lobbyist Cash
free beacon.com ^ | June 5, 2024 | Joseph Simonson

Posted on 06/06/2024 3:23:23 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn

Senator Jon Tester took more money from lobbyists than any senator last year. Now, the Montana Democrat claims his Republican opponent is captive to private interests.

Tester’s new $640,000 television ad campaign claims Tim Sheehy, who secured the Republican Senate nomination Tuesday, is "shady," because he’s "taken hundreds of thousands in lobbyist cash."

Lobbyists have donated more than $458,000 to Tester from 2023-2024, besting his Democratic colleague Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.), who raised $356,169. No Senate Republican incumbent comes close to Tester, who received more money from lobbyists than former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.).

Tester faces one of the Senate's toughest reelection fights in November, in a state former president Donald Trump won by more than 16 points. In his fight to cling to his seat, Tester has attempted to brand himself as an independent dedicated to good governance.

That image often conflicts with reality. Tester votes with President Joe Biden 91 percent of the time, even as he avoids calling himself a Democrat in campaign ads.

He is also a long opponent of dark money but happily accepts help from the dark money groups that spend millions on his behalf. A super PAC connected to Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) spent nearly $6 million to boost Sheehy’s primary challenger, who was seen as the weaker of the two candidates.

Tester recently introduced a proposal to bolster his moderate credentials: a balanced budget constitutional amendment. In his 17 years in the Senate, Tester voted against similar measures at least eight times as the federal debt ballooned by 400 percent.

In April, the Tester campaign launched a $14.5 million ad campaign featuring footage of the southern border wall. Tester voted against border wall funding in 2017, calling Trump’s proposal "ineffective and wasteful."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cash; montana; senate; tester
Montana: Please dump this weasel this year.
1 posted on 06/06/2024 3:23:23 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn
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To: SharpRightTurn

He brings a lot of pork home


2 posted on 06/06/2024 3:29:42 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: SharpRightTurn

Tester runs as a Conservative and then votes for everything Biden wants.

“Flat-top Flip-flop”


3 posted on 06/06/2024 3:35:37 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: riverrunner

He must be eating it.


4 posted on 06/06/2024 3:38:32 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: SharpRightTurn

If you have to lie to get elected, you lie. Isn’t that the number one rule? Come on, man!


5 posted on 06/06/2024 3:41:15 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

“In April, the Tester campaign launched a $14.5 million ad campaign featuring footage of the southern border wall. Tester voted against border wall funding in 2017, calling Trump’s proposal “ineffective and wasteful.””

A typical Upchuck Schumer Dimocrat - talking out of both sides of his mouth to fool the locals.


6 posted on 06/06/2024 4:43:28 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Yeah, he runs as a republican but is a democrat.
Call him out as a democrat as he votes with them 91%of the time.
THAT makes him a democrat NOT a republican


7 posted on 06/06/2024 8:39:11 PM PDT by coincheck (Salvation is for today, not tomorrow, you might not make it that far.....)
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