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Montana Democrats have announced that theyre bringing in a New Jersey politician for their keynote speaker at an annual fundraising event in Helena.

Executive board member Jorge Quintana tweeted Wednesday that New Jerseys U.S. Sen. Cory Booker would be coming to the Democrats Mansfield-Metcalf dinner on March 18.

The announcement comes as the Democrats continue criticizing Republican candidate Greg Gianforte as an outsider from, wait for it ... New Jersey.

Gianforte grew up in Pennsylvania and studied computer science at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He co-founded a software company in that state in 1986, later selling it to Internet security firm McAfee for $10 million. He moved to Bozeman in 1995.

About 46 percent of Montana residents were born in another state. Gianforte has lived in Montana for more than 20 years, which, to be fair, is several years longer than he resided in New Jersey.

By inviting Booker to Montana, the Democrats have taken their New Jersey attack off the table, said Brock Lowrance, Gianfortes new congressional campaign manager.

Montana Democrats spent an entire election leveling false and dishonest attacks against Greg Gianforte and where he is from, Lowrance told the Chronicle on Thursday. Being the hypocrites they are, theyve invited a liberal senator from New Jersey to give them advice following their horrible election year. Thats not irony, its satire.

A spokeswoman for the Montana Democrats did not respond to a request for comment.

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Montana Democrats hosting New Jersey politician at fundraiser, Gianforte's spokesman calls them hypocrites - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle