A Toyota Prius is at the center of a feud between Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and the campaign arm of Senate Republicans.
A Toyota Prius is at the center of a feud between one of the Senate’s most vulnerable Democrats and the campaign arm of Senate Republicans.The third-term senator, who will face Tim Sheehy, former Navy SEAL and Republican nominee, this November in the deep-red state of Montana, fired back at the NRSC for being “a bunch of jackasses” and rattled off to reporters a list of gas-guzzlers he owns back Montana.
“I have a Prius that I drive around this town. You want to know what I drive in Montana?” Tester said at the Capitol. “I’ve got an ‘86 Chevy. I got a 2018 GMC. I got a 2018 Honda Ridgeline. I’ve got a Celica. I’ve got a Peterbilt. I’ve got a ‘67 International Truck. I’ve got a ‘96 International Truck. I’ve got a ‘78 GMC truck. Want me to keep going?”“If want to talk about how much gas we use, maybe they should pay the diesel bill,” he continued.
Tester has voted with Senate Republicans in unsuccessful attempts to roll back President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandate for passenger cars and trucks, but the NRSC used his remarks to accuse him of being an out-of-touch politician.“It says a lot about swamp creature Jon Tester that his only defense for driving a Prius is that he owns at least eight additional cars,” NRSC spokeswoman Maggie Abboud said.
A Tester spokesperson followed up Abboud’s critique by calling Tester’s restored car collection a “shared hobby” with his son, while Tester said of his cars, “That’s the way I get my wheat to market.”
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