{"id":2011697,"date":"2023-08-25T07:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-challenger-hits-vulnerable-democrat-with-drag-queen-story-hour-ad\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T07:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:36:55","slug":"jon-tester-challenger-hits-vulnerable-democrat-with-drag-queen-story-hour-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-challenger-hits-vulnerable-democrat-with-drag-queen-story-hour-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenger targets Democrat with drag queen story hour ad."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjon-tester-challenger-hits-vulnerable-democrat-with-drag-queen-story-hour-ad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Jon Tester&#8217;s \u200cChallenger Takes Aim at Drag Queen Story Hours<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Jon Tester&#8217;s (D-MT) challenger in the Montana Senate race, Tim Sheehy, believes he \u2063has found a vulnerable spot for the three-term Democrat. Sheehy, a wealthy businessman \u200band retired Navy SEAL recruited by Republican leadership, is making waves with his new ad titled &#8220;Reporting for Duty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need strong, conservative leaders who \u2064know how\u2064 to\u2064 defend America. We need Tim Sheehy,&#8221; declares the voiceover in the 30-second spot.<\/p>\n<p>Running statewide\u200d as part\u2064 of a significant\u2063 ad buy, the ad paints a vivid picture of America being exploited by Mexican drug cartels \u2062and facing potential \u200bconflicts with a rising China. Sheehy argues that keeping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-challenger-hits-vulnerable-democrat-with-drag-queen-story-hour-ad\/\" title=\"Challenger targets Democrat with drag queen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-public-library-eliminates-late-fees-to-combat-racial-inequity\/\" title=\"Toronto Public Library Eliminates Late Fees To Combat Racial Inequity\">story hour<\/a> ad.&#8221;>country safe means banning drag queen story hours<\/a> and other &#8220;woke\u200c crap&#8221; from the military.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The refrain is\u200d a common one from conservatives. A handful of military bases have hosted \u200cor planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-state-department-funding-drag-queen-performances-in-ecuador-to-promote-diversity\/\" title=\"Biden State Department Funding Drag Queen Performances in Ecuador to Promote Diversity\">host drag performances<\/a>, including a story hour at \u2063Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls,\u200b Montana.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In March, the three Republicans in Montana&#8217;s congressional delegation sent a letter to the Pentagon, expressing concerns that \u2064such events are &#8220;divisive&#8221; and\u2064 detrimental to military recruitment, cohesion, and morale. However, Tester did not address the\u2062 matter, leading to\u200d criticism from the National Republican\u2064 Senatorial Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Even before Sheehy entered the\u200d race in June, he made it clear that\u2062 this\u2062 issue would be \u2062a \u2062focal point of his candidacy. He\u200b concludes the ad\u200d by accusing Tester of being &#8220;AWOL.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Tester campaign has not responded to\u200c requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats\u2064 generally dismiss the issue \u2063as a manufactured controversy, it could have an impact in a deeply conservative\u200c state like\u2064 Montana. Former President Donald Trump won the state by 16 points \u200din 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Montana is one of three states that Senate Republicans consider must-win in their quest to reclaim a 51-49 Senate majority next year. Tester has\u2064 managed to survive\u2063 two \u2064previous reelection bids by presenting himself as a plain-speaking farmer who occasionally breaks from\u200b the party\u200b line.<\/p>\n<p>However, national Republicans are expected to heavily invest in \u2063unseating Tester, with warding off another run by Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) being a crucial part of their strategy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ad highlighting Sen. Tester&#8217;s vulnerability on drag queen story hours, a topic favored by conservatives. Sheehy, a wealthy businessman backed by Republican leaders, aims to win Tester&#8217;s seat in the Montana Senate race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2011698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}