MADISON - The state Democratic Party is denouncing a financial backer of liberal causes for a post he made promoting the idea of assassinating President Donald Trump in the wake of a shooting at a Washington D.C., event Trump attended.
Kirk Bangstad, owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company and founder of a political action committee supporting progressive politics, said Saturday in a post from his brewing company's Facebook account, "Well, we almost got #freebeerday. Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle."
The post was made after a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington D.C, the evening of April 25. U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the gunman appeared to have targeted Trump and officials in his administration who were attending the event.
"We’ll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens," the post read, referring to a promotional campaign Bangstad created to hand out free beer when Trump dies. Trump has been the target of previous assassination attempts.
In January, the brewery posted on Facebook that it would sell free beer "all day long, the day he dies," appearing to refer to Trump but not by name. "Show us this post when it happens in a few months and we’ll make good on that promise."
