Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., admitted he owns at least nine vehicles in his attempt to hit back at the Senate Republican campaign arm, which called out the Montana farmer for driving a certain type of vehicle around Washington, D.C. The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent out a press release regarding the Montana farmer that was titled 'BOMBSHELL: Jon Tester drives a Prius.' Tester reacted in a heated statement, calling those who wrote the headline 'a bunch of jacka--es.
'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. Want me to keep going?' asked the Democrat, who is seeking re-election in Montana in 2024. Tester continued by saying he is 'gonna spend $10,000 this week on diesel filling my bulk tanks that I use for planting my crop in the ground. Does that make it okay now?' In addition to the press release, NRSC communications director Mike Berg shared footage of Tester getting into his red Prius and a screenshot of a Washington Post article about Tester writing in his 2020 memoir that he bought a used Prius to drive around Washington, D.C.