Senator praised poster depicting deceased Donald Trump

Regardless of party, this isn't exactly how you like to see your politicians behave.

Senator John Tester, a Democrat from Montana, "praised an apocalyptic Pearl Jam concert poster that depicted former President Donald Trump dead in front of the White House, records show."

Back in 2018, John Tester was seeking a third term.

A controversy was swirling over promotional materials for a concert fundraiser for the senator's campaign because it featured a drawing of "Trump lying dead on the ground, with the White House, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial ablaze."

Back then, Tester's campaign insisted that it did not approve of violence or the poster, which also depicted Tester flying a tractor in the sky.

Official artwork by Jeff Ament and Bobby Brown from last night's show in Missoula. #TheAwayShows #Rock2Vote pic.twitter.com/CQI4chGEjs

— Pearl Jam (@PearlJam) August 14, 2018

The poster scandal eventually blew over, and Tester was free of consequence.

UNTIL he opened his big mouth.

As people desperate for attention often do, Tester couldn't stop flapping his gums.

Instead of realizing how controversial the posters were and staying quiet about them, Tester would eventually praise them in a book he wrote in 2020.

According to WashingtonExaminer.com, Tester said that "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," referring to his campaign manager, Christie Roberts.

"And there’s an unmistakable image of me, flying on my tractor above the fire and fury, waving with my two-fingered left hand," he recounted in his book. "‘This is so … interesting,’ I told Christie. Though the poster was off-message, I didn’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."

Do you believe that Tester had no idea the posters would be on sale until the concert?

Or did he intentionally lean into promotional material that depicted Donald Trump as deceased?

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