Montana Sen. Tester 'welcomes' Trump by touting passed bills
HELENA, Mont. (AP) U.S. Sen. Jon Tester gave President Donald Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana Thursday by taking out a full-page ad in more than a dozen newspapers thanking him for signing 16 bills the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored.
Trump was scheduled to hold a rally in Great Falls on Thursday to campaign for Testers Republican challenger, State Auditor Matt Rosendale. The president has made the Montana Senate race a priority after he blamed Tester for derailing the nomination of his first Veterans Affairs nominee, White House physician Ronny Jackson.
Testers ad, which ran in the Great Falls Tribune and in newspapers across rural northern and eastern Montana, sought to undermine the presidents efforts to boost Rosendale by pointing out that he and the president agree on several issues.
Welcome to Montana, and thank you President Trump for supporting Jons legislation to help veterans and first responders, hold the VA accountable, and get rid of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, the ad read.
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