{"id":2598375,"date":"2026-05-04T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-brewpub-owner-pledging-free-beer-if-trump-dies-now-running-for-governor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T08:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:01:23","slug":"wi-brewpub-owner-pledging-free-beer-if-trump-dies-now-running-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-brewpub-owner-pledging-free-beer-if-trump-dies-now-running-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Pledging Free Beer If Trump Dies Running For Governor"},"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%2Fwi-brewpub-owner-pledging-free-beer-if-trump-dies-now-running-for-governor%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=2598375&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>Kirk Bangstad, a far-left Wisconsin brewpub owner, has launched a run for Wisconsin governor and has used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> to post rhetoric that The article says praises or encourages harm toward President Donald Trump-described as \u201cTrump Derangement Syndrome.\u201d It claims Bangstad previously posted about \u201cmarksmanship\u201d for a woudl-be Trump assassin and talked about providing \u201cfree beer\u201d on the day Trump dies.  <\/p>\n<p>The piece says the FBI and U.S. Secret Service became aware of his posts and interviewed him at his Minocqua Brewery. Despite questions about whether he had made threats of killing or harming Trump, he denied intending such harm and his attorney argued Bangstad\u2019s comments were aimed at \u201cthe left in general,\u201d not violence. The article further claims Bangstad posted an agent\u2019s phone number after the encounter, drawing criticism.  <\/p>\n<p>It recounts that Bangstad has run for office before, has attracted condemnation from wisconsin Democrats who said the rhetoric was unacceptable, and notes some left politicians tried to deflect with broader claims about political violence. Simultaneously occurring, conservatives protested outside his brewery, urging him to stop encouraging murder-related remarks. The article portrays Bangstad\u2019s candidacy as part of a wider political messaging fight within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twice-failed-candidate-beto-orourke-considering-run-for-texas-governor\/\" title=\"Twice-Failed Candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke Considering Run For Texas Governor\">democratic primary<\/a> and criticizes him for using notoriety to gain attention for his business.  <\/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>The leftist Wisconsin brewpub owner who lamented last month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-pm-survives-assassination-attempt-as-tensions-rise\/\" title=\"Iraqi PM Survives Assassination Attempt as Tensions Rise\">failed assassination attempt<\/a> against President Donald Trump is using his 15 minutes of radical fame to run for governor. And, as you might expect, his platform is full-on Trump Derangement Syndrome. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/28\/a-bounty-of-beer-marks-another-dark-turn-in-leftists-pursuit-of-a-dead-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirk Bangstad,<\/a> owner of the leftist front business Minocqua Brewery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1392055599619653&#038;set=a.474813968010492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on his company Facebook page that the \u201crumors are true.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201c5 minutes before I started writing this essay, I filed papers to become the next Governor of Wisconsin,\u201d Bangstad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1392055599619653&#038;set=a.474813968010492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a>. He added that he\u2019s throwing his hat into the crowded field of far-left candidates because he believes Wisconsin \u201cneeds a battle-hardened fighter to join the rest of America to save our Democracy from Trump\u2019s regime.\u201d He thinks he\u2019s the only gubernatorial candidate who fits his particular Trump-hating credentials. <\/p>\n<p>Bangstad\u2019s campaign announcement came a week after a Minocqua Brewery social media post urged the next would-be Trump assassin to improve his \u201cmarksmanship.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we almost got #freebeerday,\u201d Bangstad apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/28\/a-bounty-of-beer-marks-another-dark-turn-in-leftists-pursuit-of-a-dead-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in now-deleted posts after a gunman stormed past a lax security post at the annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on April 25. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/27\/four-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cole Tomas Allen,<\/a> a 31-year-old California man, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/27\/cole-allen-whcd-arraigment-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> with attempting to assassinate the president, transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEither a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle. We\u2019ll never know,\u201d the incendiary post stated. \u201cRegardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bangstad earlier this year promised \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/brewerys-free-beer-when-he-dies-post-aimed-at-trump-creates-backlash-drives-sales.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free beer, all day long\u201d<\/a> on the day of the president\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018What a Piece of Work\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The activist\u2019s latest post <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/29\/leftist-brewery-owner-with-death-wish-for-trump-grabs-secret-service-fbi-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garnered the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service<\/a>, with spokespeople from both agencies confirming to The Federalist that they are \u201caware\u201d of the despicable invitation to an increasingly unhinged left. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, officials from the agencies paid a call on the northern Wisconsin brewery to ask Bangstad some questions. True to form, the leftist attention whore posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MBCBrews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">livestream video<\/a> of two extremely patient and polite government officials asking him some very salient questions. He said his lawyer, Fred, was with him and that he was live-streaming to \u201cmake sure this is transparent and public because we don\u2019t trust the federal government anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One of the agents asked the brewer \u2014 drunk on his sense of self-importance \u2014 whether he wanted to \u201ckill, kidnap, inflict bodily harm to the president or the vice president, or has made threats to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bangstad said he did not. <\/p>\n<p>His lawyer said the brewpub owner doesn\u2019t know anyone who wants to provide support to anyone who wants to harm Trump. So, why did Bangstad post about a \u201cbrother or sister in the Resistance?\u201d one of the agents asked. <\/p>\n<p>Attorney Fred responded that what Bangstad meant was \u201cthe left in general \u2026 All of those who don\u2019t like what\u2019s going on right now and they are mostly peacefully protesting the actions of the administration.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up post, Bangstad included the phone number of the Secret Service agent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, imagine being so entitled that you incentivize the assassination of the President and don\u2019t think you should be asked about that. Then, you post the phone number of the Secret Service agent and encourage people to harass him. What a piece of work,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1390489359776277&#038;set=a.474813974677158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> a follower identified as Andrew1776.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to The Federalist Sunday evening, Caroline Clancy, Public Affairs Officer for the FBI\u2019s Milwaukee Division, said the investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI and U.S. Secret Service follows up on perceived threats against the President of the United States or any one of our protectees,\u201d Clancy wrote. \u201cThe FBI and Secret Service together followed up on information received and conducted further investigative steps, which included a voluntary interview with the individual. This is an ongoing matter, and we do not have further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An official from the U.S. Secret Service could not be reached for comment. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Spin Machine\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>While it seems clear that Bangstad and his free beer-hoping homies want Trump to die and they don\u2019t exactly care how, the activist sees himself as a martyr. On his Facebook page, Bangstad blames the \u201cspin machine on the right\u201d for suggesting that his call to \u201cthe Resistance\u201d to \u201cwork on their marksmanship\u201d marks the radical as \u201cpro-political violence.\u201d Bangstad claims \u201cthat\u2019s not true at all.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t Bangstad\u2019s first political rodeo. The radical activist <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Kirk_Bangstad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in 2020 ran<\/a> against incumbent Republican state Rep. Rob Swearingen for Wisconsin\u2019s 24th Assembly District seat. He lost. Badly. He raised nearly $88,000 in that campaign, with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin his largest individual donor ($2,837), <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Kirk_Bangstad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> Ballotpedia.  <\/p>\n<p>The DPW begrudgingly released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/27\/wisconsin-democrats-condemn-liberal-backers-trump-post\/89815713007\/?taid=69ef7675c75a3a00013eaad1&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement <\/a>condemning Bangstad\u2019s post, asserting the \u201crhetoric is completely unacceptable and should be retracted immediately.\u201d The rhetoric was so bad that state Rep. Francesca Hong, the Madison leftie leading the pack of jackals in the Democrats\u2019 primary race for governor, ultimately had to <a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandtimes.com\/news\/2026\/may\/01\/bangstad-assassination-posts-get-fbis-attention-la\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledge<\/a> that the post was not good. She claimed that, \u201cJoking about a sitting president\u2019s assassination \u2014 or anyone\u2019s \u2014 is wrong.\u201d But Hong refused to call out Bangstad by name, while she played the left\u2019s usual twisted whataboutism game. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to point out: The state enacts political violence on its citizens every day. We see it when ICE agents occupy our cities and put children in cages. We see it in a healthcare system that lets people die because they can\u2019t afford care,\u201d Hong wrote on X last week. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I also want to point out: The state enacts political violence on its citizens every day. We see it when ICE agents occupy our cities and put children in cages. We see it in a healthcare system that lets people die because they can&#8217;t afford care.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/2048451639506239542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Democrats\u2019 condemnations, of course, are for show. They agree with Bangstad\u2019s sentiments, they just don\u2019t want to lose elections over what a majority of voters still believe is a bridge too far. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I am Holding You Accountable\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Conservatives turned out over the weekend to push back, in a protest outside the Minocqua Brewery. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to ask [Bangstad] to stop saying the things he\u2019s saying,\u201d Jessica Agnew, a protester organizer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjfw.com\/news\/local\/amidst-protests-outside-minocqua-brewing-company-owner-announces-run-for-governor\/article_624405be-8e5a-4f40-a9f7-922028251828.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> WJFW in Rhinelander. \u201cYes, there is free speech but when you\u2019re talking about murder and cheering it on, especially in the climate we have, just stop.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But they won\u2019t. Stoking the flames of political violence against Trump and the MAGA movement is central to today\u2019s Democratic Party messaging campaign.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8\u00a0Ilhan Omar Calls for President Trump&#8217;s Execution\u00a0\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Last night, Ilhan Omar tweeted, calling for the execution of the President of the United States. Calling for the execution of a federal official is a felony under United States law.<\/p>\n<p>This is far below the standards of a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hwJxU0SJCg\">pic.twitter.com\/hwJxU0SJCg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 PA GOP (@PAGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAGOP\/status\/2021679819881160962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Still, some Democrats aren\u2019t happy with Bangstad cashing in on his 15 minutes to roil the waters of an already <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >turbulent party primary election race<\/a> for Wisconsin governor. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi Kirk, if [GOP candidate] Tom Tiffany becomes elected over Hong. I am holding you accountable. You shouldn\u2019t use your current notoriety to stir the pot more and use it to keep promoting your business,\u201d Mitch Rufer wrote on the Minocqua Brewery Facebook page. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist Minocqua Brewery owner Kirk Bangstad seeks Wisconsin governor, flaunting anti-Trump rhetoric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2598376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-11.00.37-PM-1024x562.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,32171,32870,50937,37560],"class_list":["post-2598375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-political-commentary","tag-satire","tag-social-media-challenge","tag-viral-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-11.00.37-PM-1024x562.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598375","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598379,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598375\/revisions\/2598379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}