{"id":2318192,"date":"2024-08-02T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tester-under-fire-for-praising-poster-depicting-trump-dead-sick-and-twisted-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:13:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:13:18","slug":"tester-under-fire-for-praising-poster-depicting-trump-dead-sick-and-twisted-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tester-under-fire-for-praising-poster-depicting-trump-dead-sick-and-twisted-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tester under fire for praising poster depicting Trump dead: \u2018Sick and twisted\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftester-under-fire-for-praising-poster-depicting-trump-dead-sick-and-twisted-washington-examiner%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=2318192&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>Senator Jon Tester \u2062(D-MT) is facing backlash\u200d from Republicans after a \u200creport by the *Washington Examiner*\u2062 revealed that\u200c he praised \u2063a controversial Pearl Jam poster that depicted former President Donald Trump dead outside the White House. This poster was initially part of promotional\u200c materials for a 2018 concert fundraiser for Tester\u2019s campaign. Donald Trump Jr. and other Republicans, including Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, criticized Tester for his comments, labeling him &#8220;sick&#8221; and condemning the rhetoric as dangerous and inappropriate. The Montana Republican Party echoed these sentiments, suggesting that such views should lead \u2063to Tester being &#8220;retired&#8221; from politics. This controversy emerges in the wake of\u200c heightened tensions following an attempted assassination of Trump, which has led \u200cto increased scrutiny of political rhetoric from both sides. Ultimately, \u200bTester described\u2063 the poster as &#8220;interesting&#8221; but noted that his campaign \u2062had previously distanced itself from any implication of violence.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tester under fire for praising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/holy-week-poster-of-handsome-jesus-sparks-outrage-called-an-affront-to-christ\/\" title=\"Controversial Holy Week Poster featuring &#039;Handsome&#039; Jesus causes anger, seen as disrespectful to Christ\">poster depicting<\/a> Trump dead: &lsquo;Sick and twisted&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1721201\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is under fire from Republicans following a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3106054\/jon-tester-pearl-jam-poster-trump-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> revealing the senator praised a poster depicting former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> dead in front of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s sick and twisted that Dems like Jon Tester are always fantasizing about my father being killed,&rdquo; Donald Trump Jr., the eldest child of the former president, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1818992991031152803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X on Thursday. Tim Sheehy, the Republican Senate nominee in Montana running against Tester in 2024, also called Tester &ldquo;sick.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The vile, dangerous rhetoric from radical Democrats has no place in Montana,&rdquo; Sheehy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SheehyforMT\/status\/1819010483502170353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Montana stands with President Trump and may God protect him as he fights to save America for WE THE PEOPLE! #RetireTester.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Montana Republican Party <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MTGOP\/status\/1819099258664243255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> Tester &ldquo;a sick man&rdquo; after the Thursday report, adding, &ldquo;Montanans stand with President Trump and come November we are ready to #RetireTester to put a stop to this vile rhetoric!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The GOP was reacting to the fact that Tester, in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3106054\/jon-tester-pearl-jam-poster-trump-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2020 book<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Grounded: A Rural Democrat&rsquo;s Fight to Unite a Divided America<\/em>, wrote that he &ldquo;actually loved&rdquo; an apocalyptic Pearl Jam concert poster co-created by the rock band&rsquo;s bassist, Jeff Ament. The poster, which sparked controversy in 2018, was part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3106054\/jon-tester-pearl-jam-poster-trump-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>promotional materials for an August 2018 concert<\/a> fundraiser for Tester&rsquo;s campaign and featured Trump lying dead on the ground, with the White House, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial on fire.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8221;s sick and twisted that Dems like Jon Tester are always fantasizing about my father being killed. <\/p>\n<p>Washington Examiner: Jon Tester praised Pearl Jam poster depicting Trump dead, records show<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WJot4ElW8H\">https:\/\/t.co\/WJot4ElW8H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1818992991031152803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;As soon as word spread of how wild the posters were, fans stood in line for hours to buy them all up at $35 a pop. Christie showed me a copy, gritting her teeth,&rdquo; Tester wrote in his book, referring to his then-campaign manager, Christie Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And there&rsquo;s an unmistakable image of me, flying on my tractor above the fire and fury, waving with my two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-quietly-praised-pearl-jam-poster-depicting-trump-dead-records-show-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jon Tester quietly praised Pearl Jam poster depicting Trump dead, records show - Washington Examiner\">-fingered left hand<\/a>,&rdquo; the senator added. &ldquo;&lsquo;This is so &hellip; interesting,&rsquo; I told Christie. Though the poster was off message, I didn&rsquo;t want to admit to her that I actually loved it. None of us knew about the posters before we saw them on sale at the concert.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Tester&rsquo;s passage in the book diverged from his campaign&rsquo;s sentiment in 2018. At the time, Tester&rsquo;s campaign&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/a-pearl-jam-poster-depicting-a-dead-president-trump-draws-controversy-in-montana-senate-race\/2018\/08\/15\/714d379c-a097-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed that<\/a>&nbsp;it neither condoned violence nor approved of the poster, which also depicted Tester flying on a tractor above the word &ldquo;vote&rdquo; in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation of Tester&rsquo;s comments in the book comes after the recent attempted assassination of Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, at a political rally. Democrats, including Tester, condemned the July 13 attack. Still, in the aftermath of the attempted assassination, the GOP has slammed Democrats for their rhetoric against Trump, including them calling him <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2024\/03\/04\/one-existential-threat-in-shift-biden-gives-trump-a-tongue-lashing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an<\/a>&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-defends-controversial-comments-about-putting-trump-in-bullseye-before-shooting-during-rant\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden defends controversial comments about putting Trump in &#039;bullseye&#039; before shooting during rant\">existential threat&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to democracy, holding that such remarks could fuel violence against political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is wrong with Jon Tester?&rdquo; the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which works to elect GOP senators, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRSC\/status\/1819036907797438620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the poster showing President Trump dead that Jon Tester says he loved. <\/p>\n<p>What is wrong with Jon Tester? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3W4nWBy7e6\">https:\/\/t.co\/3W4nWBy7e6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zQMLOBtM0K\">pic.twitter.com\/zQMLOBtM0K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senate Republicans (@NRSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRSC\/status\/1819036907797438620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex Bruesewitz, a Trump-allied political consultant, called Tester&rsquo;s embrace of the poster &ldquo;disgusting.&rdquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Far-left Senator Jon Tester should apologize to Trump IMMEDIATELY!&rdquo; Bruesewitz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexbruesewitz\/status\/1818992557889622104?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1721201\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1721201\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) is facing backlash from Republicans after a report by the Washington Examiner revealed that he praised a poster showing former President Donald Trump dead in front of the White House. Donald Trump Jr. criticized Tester on X, stating, &#8220;It\u2019s sick and twisted that Dems like Jon Tester are always fantasizing about my father being killed.&#8221; Tim Sheehy, the Republican Senate candidate in Montana challenging Tester in 2024, also labeled him as &#8220;sick,&#8221; asserting that such dangerous rhetoric has no place in Montana. The Montana Republican Party echoed this sentiment, calling Tester &#8220;a sick man&#8221; and expressing their support for Trump while aiming to oust Tester from office due to his comments.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy stems from Tester&#8217;s 2020 book, *Grounded: A Rural Democrat\u2019s Fight to Unite a Divided America*, where he mentioned enjoying an apocalyptic Pearl Jam concert poster created for his campaign fundraiser in 2018. This poster depicted Trump lying dead with iconic Washington landmarks ablaze. Although Tester&#8217;s campaign previously distanced itself from the imagery and condemned violence at the time of its release, his recent remarks have reignited criticism amid heightened tensions following an attempted assassination of Trump at a political rally.<\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Senatorial Committee questioned Tester&#8217;s judgment on social media regarding his admiration for the controversial poster. Political consultant Alex Bruesewitz called for an immediate apology from Tester to Trump over what he deemed disgusting behavior<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2318193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jon-Tester-GOP-Pearl-Jam-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6733,5894,4941,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2318192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-controversy","tag-politics","tag-tester","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jon-Tester-GOP-Pearl-Jam-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318192","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}