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Montana GOP Senate candidate Sheehy says he was in Afghanistan whereas Jon Tester was ‘consuming lobbyist steak’

Editorial Board Published October 1, 2024
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Montana GOP Senate candidate Sheehy says he was in Afghanistan whereas Jon Tester was ‘consuming lobbyist steak’
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Montana U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, a Republican, ripped his opponent, incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Tester, for his ties to lobbyists throughout a debate on Monday.

Tester is in search of to carry onto his Senate seat to proceed representing the purple state of Montana in a race that might decide which celebration controls the higher chamber of Congress, and up to date polling exhibits that Sheehy is main simply weeks earlier than Election Day.

In the course of the debate on Monday, Sheehy knocked his Democrat opponent for his relationship with lobbyists in Washington, D.C.

“Sen. Tester knows all about backroom meetings, he’s been taking them for 20 years … While I was fighting in Afghanistan, he was eating lobbyist steak in D.C.,” mentioned Sheehy, a former U.S. Navy SEAL.

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Tim Sheehy prepares to debate U.S. Sen. Jon Tester on campus on the College of Montana in Missoula, Mont., Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (The Missoulian by way of AP)

Lobbyists have donated extra closely to Tester throughout this election cycle than to another member of Congress, based on the non-partisan group OpenSecrets.

Tester is the final remaining Democrat to carry excessive workplace in Montana, the place Republicans, together with former President Trump, supported Sheehy’s marketing campaign with the hope that he may defeat the susceptible Democrat and assist the GOP win again management of the Senate.

Republicans want to realize solely two seats in subsequent month’s election to win the Senate majority. GOP West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is taken into account a lock in his state’s Senate race in opposition to Democrat Glenn Elliott, that means the Senate majority may run by means of Montana.

Trump gained Montana by about 17 share factors in 2020 and, provided that the state is overwhelmingly Republican, Sheehy has usually sought to tie Tester to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris because the Republican candidate seems to make the most of public dissatisfaction over the administration’s struggles to handle the inflow of unlawful immigration on the Southern Border.

JON TESTER CASTS DOUBT ON UNFAVORABLE POLL IN MONTANA SENATE RACE: ‘GIVE ME A BREAK’

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester prepares to debate GOP challenger Tim Sheehy on campus on the College of Montana in Missoula, Mont., Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (The Missoulian by way of AP)

“Democrats on the Hill refused to hold the administration accountable for the largest mass migration in the history of this country,” Sheehy mentioned.

Tester, nonetheless, has declined to endorse Harris and has tried to distance himself from her on the marketing campaign path, and he skipped the Democratic Nationwide Conference in August, when she was named the celebration’s nominee for president after Biden dropped out.

The Democrat has additionally criticized a few of the administration’s coverage selections. This consists of his opposition to the transfer for tighter air pollution guidelines for coal crops and his requires extra to be performed on immigration.

“Look, I’ll be the first person to tell you that President Biden has not done a good job on the southern border,” Tester mentioned Monday.

Sheehy and Tester additionally addressed abortion, through which the Democrat mentioned he needs to reinstate Roe v. Wade after the landmark ruling was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court docket two years in the past, returning the facility to make legal guidelines concerning abortion again to the states.

Tim Sheehy, left, prepares to debate U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, proper, on campus on the College of Montana in Missoula, Mont., Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (The Missoulian by way of AP)

The Republican acknowledged that remarks he made final yr about Native Individuals have been “insensitive,” however refused his opponent’s request to apologize. Sheehy had informed a bunch of laughing supporters about bonding “with all the Indians … while they’re drunk at 8 a.m.,” whereas working cattle at a ranch on the Crow Indian Reservation.

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“Yeah, insensitive,” Sheehy mentioned. “I come from the military as many of our tribal members do. You know, we make insensitive jokes and probably off-color jokes sometimes.”

Tester pressed his opponent, “Tim, the statement you made degrades Native Americans across this country. You’re a big guy, just apologize.”

“Will you apologize for opening the border?” Sheehy shot again.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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