U.S. Sen. John Tester, D-Montana

In its first television ad buy of the 2024 election cycle, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is targeting a Democrat U.S. senator from Montana with a $2 million advertising campaign.

According to a Fox News report, the gun-rights organization is running the 30-second ad in an attempt to unseat Sen. John Tester, who has held the seat since 2006. A recent AARP poll actually shows Tester currently trailing Republican Tim Sheehy, a combat veteran running for office for the first time, among likely voters by a 51-to-45% margin in the race that is critical in determining which party will hold the Senate majority moving forward.

Randy Kozuch, executive director for NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), said in a prepared statement that Tester’s voting record in the Senate “makes clear he is not on the side of Montanans who support the 2nd Amendment.”

“This November, gun owners can’t afford to sit on the sidelines,” Kozuch said. “With this seven-figure ad buy, only a portion of our electoral engagement in Montana, we are calling out Jon Tester.”

According to Kozuch, Tester has long been on the wrong side of the Second Amendment debate.

“He has voted to spend taxpayer dollars to promote state-level red flag laws, which are ripe for abuse, and deny gun owners basic due process protections,” he said. “And he’s voted multiple times to criminalize private firearms transfers while supporting government blacklists.” 

In the NRA ad, a woman is seen inside her home with a shotgun in her hands. During the commercial, a man drives up and attempts to break into the home.

“Where I live, you can’t wait for 911,” the woman says. “My family’s safety is in my hands alone. But gun grabbers who’ve never been to Montana, let alone out here, want to take my rights away. My gun is in my pocket, but my senator is in theirs. Jon Tester failed to protect my right to self-defense, and that’s why moms like me can’t wait to fire him in November.” The woman then pumps a round into the chamber.

When asked about the advertisement, a spokesman for the Sheehy campaign said it points out an important difference between the two candidates.

“The choice is clear this election,” he said. “Tim Sheehy is A rated by the NRA because he’ll always protect our Second Amendment rights and Jon Tester is F rated by the NRA because he supports the Obama-Biden-Harris radical liberal gun-control agenda.”

For his part, Doug Hamlin, the newly elected NRA executive vice president and a retired Marine, said Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, is the man for the job in the Treasure State.

“Tim Sheehy represents what’s best about the USA,” Hamlin reportedly told Secrets. “As a patriot, decorated combat SEAL, and entrepreneur, Tim embodies exceptionalism in everything he does. Tim has an ‘A’ rating from the National Rifle Association and will protect the Second Amendment rights of the residents of Montana.

“The balance of power in the U.S. Senate is on the line in Montana, and the National Rifle Association is all in to elect Tim Sheehy.”

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  2. As much as we have been averse to the NRA recently, and yes I am a member, I believe that Sheehy must be supported.

  3. A law student I knew during college days who was far too radical to attend an SDS rally (he wanted to be a subversive working within the system) once said “we have to get rid of the guns if we are going to get rid of the rednecks”. He eventually rose to be a USDA, and yes, he did serious damage to the Bill of Rights. Tester is apparently cut from the same backstabbing cloth, enjoying the blessings of liberty while working to eliminate them.

    Go Sheehy.

    • “Tim Sheehy represents what’s best about the USA,”

      “Montana Senate candidate sparks outrage with references to Crow Indians, alcohol
      Tom LuteyMontana Free Press

      U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy’s repeated references to Crow Indians and alcohol have sparked outrage and demands for apology from Indigenous community leaders in Montana.

      Both the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council and the Montana American Indian Caucus described the candidate’s repeated retelling of a tale in which Crow tribal members, allegedly intoxicated at 8 a.m., threw cans of beer at Sheehy’s head while he worked on a reservation ranch.”

      • MajorLiar,
        Remind me again, you lying hack, which ethnic groups/races have, STATISTICALLY, the highest incidences of alcohol and drug abuse?? So, now telling a simple, verifiable truth is a scandal???

        Now, homie, tell us about Hunter Biden, Teddy Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and Drunk Hillary. Oh, and take your “whataboutism” and shove it firmly where the sun don’t shine, you lying POS.

      • If you’ve ever spent time on one of the Montana Reservations you’d see that the truth needs to be told. The ‘carpet’ is bulging from hidden dirt.
        Sheehy is a great American and needs to be in the Senate.

    • “Tim Sheehy faces one scandal after another
      In addition to potentially lying about a shooting incident and his rural upbringing, the Republican candidate’s main business is mired in debt.
      April 17, 2024
      By Richard Manning

      “Sheehy now says that explanation was a lie. There is what appears to be a bullet lodged in his arm, X-rays revealed, but he now claims it was the result of a wound from more than a year before while he was serving in the Navy in Afghanistan. He said he lied to the park ranger to avoid triggering an investigation by the Defense Department of that earlier incident. Compounding the problems, the Post story revealed that he has offered a series of inconsistent explanations of being wounded in Afghanistan.”

      “Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015
      Tim Sheehy was cited for illegally discharging a weapon in a national park but says he made up the gunshot to cover up a bullet wound he received as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan that he never reported to superiors
      By Liz Goodwin
      April 6, 2024 at 1:41 p.m. EDT

      Tim Sheehy, a charismatic former Navy SEAL who is the Republican candidate in a U.S. Senate race in Montana that could determine control of the chamber, has cited a gunshot wound he received in combat that he said left a bullet in his right arm as evidence of his toughness.

      • MajorLiar,

        Well, at least he actually saw combat, unlike Tim “Stolen Valor” Walz, right @$$CLOWN???

        • Yes, you would think a ‘responsible gun owner’ who lied to cover up a negligent discharge would be a good choice, no doubt.

          Trump is the Father of Liars as his endorsement of Sheehy shows.

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