{"id":2227963,"date":"2024-04-23T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-aligned-group-drops-new-ad-targeting-testers-immigration-record\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:23:26","slug":"gop-aligned-group-drops-new-ad-targeting-testers-immigration-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-aligned-group-drops-new-ad-targeting-testers-immigration-record\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP-aligned organization releases new ad criticizing Tester&#8217;s stance on immigration"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgop-aligned-group-drops-new-ad-targeting-testers-immigration-record%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=2227963&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--><p>A GOP-aligned PAC released an \u200dad targeting Senator Jon Tester&#8217;s immigration record post his vote\u2063 on impeachment articles against\u200c Homeland\u2064 Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The ad, part of \u2063a $15.2 million campaign in \u2062Montana by One Nation, accuses Tester of supporting\u200b &#8220;Biden&#8217;s border disaster.&#8221; Tester defended his vote stating the trial wouldn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mark-kelly-calls-out-biden-for-not-including-a-border-crisis-plan-in-speech\/\" title=\"Sen. Mark Kelly Calls Out Biden For Not Including A Border Crisis Plan In Speech\">improve border security<\/a>, emphasizing the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-urges-trump-to-join-him-in-telling-congress-to-pass-border-legislation\/\" title=\"Biden calls on Trump to support border legislation with him\">bipartisan border legislation<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong><em> <\/em>A GOP-aligned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onenationamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>political action committee<\/a> released an ad on Tuesday focusing on Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-tester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jon Tester<\/a>\u2018s (D-MT) immigration record in the days following his vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ad is a continuation of a $15.2 million ad buy in Montana from One Nation, a group aligned with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> GOP leadership, that began in early April and will run through the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KNK3pPF-oKk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>second ad<\/a>, running statewide on television and digital, spotlights Tester\u2019s votes on immigration and claims the Montana senator supports \u201cBiden\u2019s border disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"KNK3pPF-oKk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ON: \" promising mt width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KNK3pPF-oKk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSen. Tester voted with Washington liberals to stop Trump\u2019s wall. Then, Tester joined with President Biden and voted with the liberals again to help President Biden stop building the wall,\u201d a narrator says in the ad.<\/p>\n<p>Tester joined all Democrats last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2969707\/schumer-succeeds-in-dismantling-mayorkas-impeachment-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>to vote to dismiss<\/a> the impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending the impeachment trial before it could begin.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued after the Senate moved to adjourn, Tester said he voted with Democrats because the impeachment trial would not make the border safer. He called for Congress to pass bipartisan border security legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happening at our southern border is completely unacceptable, and the Biden administration must do more to keep Montana and our country safe,\u201d Tester said. \u201cI agree with my Republican colleagues who have said this exercise is a distraction that fails to make our country safer. It\u2019s time for President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas to use their remaining executive authorities to help secure our border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One Nation President and CEO Steven Law seized on Tester\u2019s vote to dismiss the impeachment articles against Mayorkas, calling it evidence of Tester\u2019s \u201cdisregard for border security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Tester\u2019s disregard for border security was underscored last week when he voted to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas,\u201d Law said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cSenator Tester needs to stop supporting President Biden\u2019s border disaster and support Montanans\u2019 best interests instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Montana Democrat is in the midst of one of the most competitive Senate election matchups this cycle and is expected to face former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. The race is one of four \u201ctoss-ups,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to the nonpartisan <em>CookPoliticalReport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority PAC, a group supporting Democrats, also reserved $27 million in ads in the state, signaling the race could see spending well over $100 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tester has been outspoken about the need to vote on a bill that included border security and foreign aid that was negotiated by Republicans earlier this year before former President Donald Trump urged Republicans to kill the deal.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the One Nation ad, a narrator urges the Montana senator to vote for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the Secure The Border Act<\/a>,\u00a0 which is a bill that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-introduces-bill-to-restart-border-wall-construction-bolster-security\/\" title=\"House GOP Introduces Bill to Restart Border Wall Construction, Bolster Security\">restart border wall construction<\/a> and put back in place the Trump administration\u2019s Remain in Mexico policy. The bill has not gone anywhere in the upper chamber after it saw no Democratic support in the House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive move, a GOP-aligned PAC unveiled an ad targeting Sen. Jon Tester&#8217;s immigration record post his vote to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 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