{"id":2239323,"date":"2024-05-07T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-male-democratic-senator-looks-pregnant-targets-his-weight-in-latest-attack-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:21:41","slug":"trump-says-male-democratic-senator-looks-pregnant-targets-his-weight-in-latest-attack-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-male-democratic-senator-looks-pregnant-targets-his-weight-in-latest-attack-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump criticizes male Democratic senator for his weight, calling him &#8220;looks pregnant&#8221; in a recent attack &#8211; Report"},"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\">36<\/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%2Ftrump-says-male-democratic-senator-looks-pregnant-targets-his-weight-in-latest-attack-report%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=2239323&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>Former President Trump reportedly criticized Senator Jon Tester&#8217;s weight, referring to him\u2062 as appearing &#8220;pregnant&#8221; at a \u2064fundraiser in\u2062 Mar-a-Lago, Florida.\u200b The event aimed\u2063 to support the re-election campaign\u2063 of \u200bRep. Ronny Jackson from Texas. Trump and\u200b Jackson discussed campaigning together against Tester in Montana despite the senator&#8217;s strong history in the state. Tester\u200c did not \u200crespond to \u200bTrump&#8217;s comments, and an upcoming race will determine \u200bthe balance \u2062of power in the Senate.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 7, 2024 at 10:28am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump reportedly told a crowd at a fundraiser over the weekend that he thought Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana looked \u201cpregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comment came Saturday from Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-senate-candidate-kari-lake-breaks-record-huge-haul-mar-lago-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mar-a-Lago<\/a> home and club in Palm Beach, Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/06\/trump-tester-weight-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the former president was holding an event for the re-election campaign of Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-farm-worker-infected-bird-flu-none-typical-influenza-signs-instead-showed-one-disturbing-symptom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-wh-doc-ronny-jackson-says-obama-accused-betrayal-calling-bidens-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jackson<\/a>, who was the White House physician for Trump and other presidents, left his post in 2019 and successfully ran a campaign in the 13th Congressional District in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Up for a third term, Jackson joined Trump in South Florida, where the former president suggested that he and Jackson should campaign in Montana together against Tester \u2013 with whom the congressman has a history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s now in a tough campaign, and he could very well lose,\u201d Trump said of the senator. \u201cWe ought to go up and campaign against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/swing-state-republican-wont-vote-trump-backs-biden-decent-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> then said, \u201cIn fact, I looked at him, and I said, \u2018Oh, this finally works for a man or woman, because he looks pregnant to me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Post, the Mar-a-Lago crowd laughed at Tester\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was not yet finished.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are you voting for Trump?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHave you seen this guy?\u201d the former president said of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fauci-run-lab-montana-experimented-coronavirus-strain-year-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana<\/a> Democrat. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t look like a fat guy, except his stomach is out to here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that I talk about things like that. I don\u2019t even notice them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chris LaCivita, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kamala-harris-senior-adviser-symone-sanders-to-leave-white-house\/\" title=\"Report: Kamala Harris Senior Adviser Symone Sanders to Leave White House\">senior campaign adviser<\/a> to Trump, told the Post of the comment, \u201cWell, according to the left, men can [be pregnant]. So where is the controversy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson withdrew a bid to head the Department of Veterans Affairs in April 2018 after Trump had nominated him for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Tester, then the ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, was among several Senate Democrats who investigated Jackson and unearthed claims from people who had worked with him that the physician had a history of overprescribing medication and would sometimes abuse alcohol and become \u201ctoxic\u201d to work for, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/26\/politics\/ronny-jackson-va-nominee\/index.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Jackson \u2014 a rear admiral in the Navy \u2014 described the allegations as \u201ccompletely false\u201d and defended his record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf [the allegations] had any merit, I would not have been selected, promoted and entrusted to serve in such a sensitive and important role as physician to three presidents over the past 12 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-new-montana-senate-pick-tim-sheehy-many-red-flags-forcing-maga-world-side-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tester<\/a> did not comment on Trump\u2019s reported remarks about his appearance at Saturday\u2019s fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat will face off against the winner of the GOP primary \u2014 conservative businessman Tim Sheehy is the favorite \u2014 in a November race that could decide the balance of power in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/polls-reveal-positive-signs-trump-highlight-significant-work-gop-senate-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/helenair.com\/news\/state-regional\/government-politics\/elections\/poll-shows-tight-senate-race-in-montana\/article_bbc0a49c-f5e3-11ee-8158-2b2ad843f5b7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.L. Partners poll<\/a> conducted in March showed the incumbent trailing Sheehy 48-45 percent, with 7 percent of voters undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Tester was first elected to represent Montana in the Senate in 2006, but the state voted overwhelmingly for Trump in both 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-new-montana-senate-pick-tim-sheehy-many-red-flags-forcing-maga-world-side-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Sheehy in February.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump, at a weekend fundraiser, allegedly commented that Democratic Sen. Jon Tester appeared &#8220;pregnant&#8221; at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. 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