I would encourage everyone to read reporting from The Hill and Breitbart about Dave Madden and Kim Peach, the two supposedly nonpartisan stars of Chuck Schumer’s new super PAC ads smearing Tim Sheehy’s military service.
Some key takeaways:
Dave Madden, the Navy SEAL who says inSchumer’s ad that he and Tim had “about as close of a working relationship in a platoon as possible,” is clearly no friend to Tim Sheehy.
In a social media post from April but later deleted, Madden expressed delight over what he considered Sheehy’s unimpressive fundraising report, saying, “Seeing Tim fumble warms my cockles.”
Campaign finance records show “Madden, a registered Democrat, has given money to liberals such as Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)… He also gave money to Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and to [Chuck Schumer’s] Senate Majority PAC.”
Madden also “urged his followers on the social platform X not to vote for former Navy SEALs such as Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas). ‘Stop voting for SEALs please. Signed, a SEAL who worked with every one of these fuckwits’ said Madden.”
Madden’s posts also aggressively attacked President Trump, calling him a“wannabe dictator” and a “fascist.” In one post Madden “baselessly accused Trump of raping children.”
Kim Peach, the star of Schumer’s other ad, “once posted a photo of himself on social media wearing a ‘Make Lying Wrong Again’ hat and said he votes for Democrats.”
Peach told the Associated Press he had no “connection with the Tester campaign or other Democratic organizations.” But later that week, Chuck Schumer’s super PAC released an ad featuring Peach, making him an obvious liar.
NRSC Statement :
“In smearing Tim Sheehy’s military record, Democrats and the media are dusting off a well-worn political playbook they developed during the Trump era. They are ignoring the facts and trotting out left-wing lunatics with wild last-minute claims to smear Sheehy before he has a chance to respond. The tactics being used against Tim Sheehy echo those employed against Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh. Montanans should reject these disgusting left-wing tactics.” – NRSC Communications Director Mike Berg