Sen. Jon Tester fundraised with group that vowed to ‘dismantle the system’By Josh Christenson
June 16, 2023
Sen. Jon Tester — whose moderate, simple-farmer image has keyed his elections in a red state — was invited last week to fundraise with a Mississippi criminal justice group linked to an organization that pushed bail funds during riots in the summer of 2020 and backs the teaching of critical race theory in public schools.
The 66-year-old Tester (D-Mont.) was asked to deliver the keynote address on June 9 at the Mississippi Association for Justice’s annual convention in New Orleans and given time for a special fundraiser beforehand, The Post has learned.
The association worked with the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), which advocated donating to bail funds in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd and opposed a state law passed last year that banned K-12 schools and universities from teaching that any race is superior or inferior or that people should be treated differently based on their race.
In a March 3, 2022, press release, the MCJ said the state law claims to “root out critical race theory in Mississippi’s public schools, but will actually whitewash history and attack academic freedom.”
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https://nypost.com/2023/06/16/sen-tester-fundraised-with-mississippi-justice-reform-group/
