New ad slams Jon Tester for Pearl Jam fundraiser, promoted with ‘dead Trump’ posters

Published August 23, 2018 4:18pm ET



When Pearl Jam played in Big Sky Country, they donated a portion of ticket sales to beleaguered Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester. The band made it back into the headlines for the first time in forever, not because of their music, but because of their poster depicting the decomposing body of President Trump.

The poster is something to behold. The White House goes up in flames as Tester launches through the air in a big green tractor over the south lawn and Trump’s moldering corpse. Not-so-subtle smoke rises over the presidential residence to spell out the word “vote.” The art is all very 1990s and, of course, it was controversial.

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