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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:43 AM Oct 2018

Trump Jr. calls Tester 'a piece of garbage' at Montana rally


BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 10/26/18 09:30 PM EDT

HELENA, Mont. — Donald Trump Jr. blasted Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) at a boisterous rally in his home state on Friday, calling him a “piece of garbage” for sinking Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs earlier this year.

Trump Jr., who headlined a rally for Tester's GOP Senate rival Matt Rosendale and Rep. Greg Gianforte (R), slammed Tester over Jackson's failed VA nomination, saying the Democratic senator had “ruined this guy’s life" after a bitter confirmation process.

President Trump's eldest son accused Tester, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, of putting out “all sorts of baseless accusations” on the orders of Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.).

“To go after and try to assassinate with no proof, no basis, no nothing, a good man simply because my father wanted to elevate him and put him in charge of an organization,” Trump Jr. fumed. “When Jon Tester, who is this lap dog, does that, what happened?"

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413445-trump-jr-calls-tester-a-piece-of-garbage-at-montana-rally
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lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
3. Dr. Candy-Man "Trump is 6'3" and 239lbs!" Jackson?
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:48 AM
Oct 2018

"On April 23, 2018, the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs postponed a hearing on his nomination after current and former employees on the White House medical staff accused Jackson of creating a hostile work environment, excessively drinking on the job, and improperly dispensing medication.[24][25] Senator Jon Tester told CNN on April 24 that Jackson was known as "the candy man" inside the White House, according to around 20 people who brought these concerns to the Veterans' Affairs Senate Committee. He would allegedly hand out Ambien, Provigil, and other prescription drugs "like they were candy".[26] CNN also reported that during an overseas trip in 2015, an intoxicated Jackson loudly knocked on the hotel room door of a female employee, so noisily that the United States Secret Service reportedly stopped him to prevent him potentially waking up then-President Barack Obama."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronny_Jackson

You mean THAT Dr. Jackson... sure thing there Junior... a well qualified asshole indeed.

dhill926

(16,343 posts)
4. "To go after and try to assassinate....
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:51 AM
Oct 2018

that wording was clearly on purpose. Fuck this little piece of shit. Not a violent person, but would love to see Tester wipe the smirk off his face....

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)
5. I see that he forgot to mention that Jackson lacked the experience to lead the VA.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:53 AM
Oct 2018

I also see that he used the word "assassinate" in his tirade. They're going to escalate the rhetoric until someone gets killed, and then they will blame Democrats.

oasis

(49,389 posts)
6. Take a good look at that Montana landscape, Junior. It's something
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:54 AM
Oct 2018

to reflect on in while your doing time in the slammer.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
9. Since Donny Jr. Is such a macho tough guy when the cameras are rolling, why doesn't he try
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:59 AM
Oct 2018

saying that to Tester face to face when it's just the two of them? I've pitched bales with farmers built like Senator Tester and he doesn't impress me as someone to be "messed with".

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
10. republican "values" suck cesspool scum, as Dirty Donny Junior* proves again
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:02 AM
Oct 2018
* spawn of Dirty Donny Senior, the ignoble republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
11. The POS is the image he sees in the mirror.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:11 AM
Oct 2018

What a bombastic waste of good air which should be put to better use by endangered species.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
13. Animal-killing, wife-cheating, chinless piece of shit calls Dem senator "a piece of garbage".
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:30 AM
Oct 2018

Nothing would make me happier than to see this arrogant little daddy's boy thrown in prison.

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