First appearance on Fox: A former Navy SEAL running for Senate suggested that Democrats are interfering with Jon Tester’s campaign “to distract Montana voters from his record.”
With only a handful of Senate races remaining to decide which party will claim control of the chamber in 2024, all eyes are on Montana.
In a bid to win the majority, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Senate Majority PAC is targeting a shadowy group called The・Launched the Last Best Place PAC.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Mr. Sheehy suggested that the ads attacking him were taken from the record of Sen. Jon Tester, who is seeking re-election in a red state.
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Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL. (Tim Sheehy from Montana)
“Democrats in Montana know that Jon Tester will lose across the board on issues like immigration, the economy, and energy. There is no doubt that Jon Tester is a rubber stamp for all of Joe Biden’s policies. There’s no room. If he runs on this issue, they’re going to support that policy.” “They’re going to lose to me, and they know that,” Sheehy told Fox.
The Republican added that he expects Democrats to continue spending millions of dollars on ads against him in the coming months.
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“They’re trying to make this race a non-issue. They’re trying to confuse Montana voters and obscure what Tester really stands for. We need to talk about Jon Tester’s voting record. If they don’t, they lose,” said the former Navy SEAL. Said. “They’re going to spend $1 million a week attacking my person, my family, my business because they need to distract Montana voters from Jon Tester’s record.”
Senate Majority PAC disagreed with Sheehy’s response in a statement to FOX News Digital.
The Last Best Place PAC, in conjunction with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, began running ads attacking Tim Sheehy in Montana. (J. Scott Applewhite)
“Tim Sheehy thinks it would be a ‘distraction’ for Montanans to learn that he has questionable ties to China, does business in the Cayman Islands, and founded a company with government contracts.” Maybe, but voters never will,” said Senate Majority Whip Sarah Guggenheimer. a spokesperson told Fox. “And while Mitch McConnell’s esteemed candidate spends his time whining about Montanans knowing the truth, Jon Tester, as he has spent his entire career, continues to put his hard-working family first.”
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) is considering jumping into the Republican primary and has shown some recent signs of running, but no formal announcement has been made.
When asked about a potential primary challenger, Sheehy said he was “focused on Jon Tester.”
“I’m focused on keeping conservatives in control of the Senate so we can bring common sense policies back to Washington, D.C.,” the Republican said. “We have to reform both parties. Both chambers of Congress are dysfunctional right now. We need a new generation of leadership in both chambers, and it’s time to start moving things forward.”
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 12: Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on September 12, 2023 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Questions for Commissioner Gary Gensler. The hearing focused on oversight by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (Drew Angerer)
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“I’m in this because I care about the future of this country, and I want our children’s future to be better than our own,” Sheehy said, backed by Sen. Stephen Daines, R-Mont. This is because we want to make sure that it is true.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Tester campaign.
