Montana Sen. Tester 'welcomes' Trump by touting passed bills

[TexasTowelie]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester gave President Donald Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana Thursday by taking out a full-page ad in more than a dozen newspapers thanking him for signing 16 bills the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored.

Trump was scheduled to hold a rally in Great Falls on Thursday to campaign for Tester’s Republican challenger, State Auditor Matt Rosendale. The president has made the Montana Senate race a priority after he blamed Tester for derailing the nomination of his first Veterans Affairs nominee, White House physician Ronny Jackson.

Tester’s ad, which ran in the Great Falls Tribune and in newspapers across rural northern and eastern Montana, sought to undermine the president’s efforts to boost Rosendale by pointing out that he and the president agree on several issues.

“Welcome to Montana, and thank you President Trump for supporting Jon’s legislation to help veterans and first responders, hold the VA accountable, and get rid of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government,” the ad read.

Read more: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/politics/montana-sen-tester-welcomes-trump-by-touting-passed-bills/article_7a49a91f-2fe4-588e-ae4e-6a5cafc826e7.html

[AlexSFCA]

1. potentially clever move in red state

will see if it pays off. It did for Lamb in PA

[oasis]

2. Hopefully, Tester can hold his seat. He's a fine Democrat.