Republican Tim Sheehy is warning voters in the final days before the election that his closely watched Montana Senate race has higher stakes than control of the upper chamber.
The former Navy SEAL argued that reelecting Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) to a fourth term means not only that Donald Trump‘s agenda could possibly be thwarted, but that the former president would also be impeached for a third time if he returns to the White House.
“Make no mistake: If he does not have a Congress that’s supporting his actions, we saw last time what happened. He was impeached twice,” Sheehy told a small group of supporters gathered for a rally on Monday. “Oh, by the way, your senior senator, Jon Tester, voted to impeach him not once but twice. If Trump doesn’t have the Senate when he gets there, he will be impeached right away.”
The Tester campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The case laid out by Sheehy comes in the remaining weeks of what has become the most expensive per vote Senate race in history, and it assumes Trump would retake the presidency while Democrats keep the Senate and flip the House.
Republicans are almost certain to take back the Senate, with or without Sheehy, if Trump defeats Vice President Kamala Harris, given Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) would be the tiebreaker as vice president.
Still, Sheehy’s pitch was emblematic of the likelihood that the winner of his race may very well be the Senate majority-maker.