(LifeSiteNews) — The far-left brewery owner who offered free beer to celebrate President Donald Trump’s eventual death has announced he will seek the Democrat nomination for governor of Wisconsin.

As LifeSiteNews covered April 27,  Minocqua Brewing Company posted to social media that “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” following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but “we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens…our celebration of life is going to be legendary!”

The post was met with widespread condemnation by Republicans and even some Democrats, which Minocqua Brewing met with defiance, complaining about “Corporate Dems and politically naive Democratic gubernatorial candidates” for “tak[ing] the bait.”

Now, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the self-proclaimed “progressive beer” company’s owner, Democrat activist and former Assembly candidate Kirk Bangstad, announced his gubernatorial ambitions on aturday during a livestreamed event, claiming the Democrat field so far does not impress him.

“I decided I’m not gonna stand for this anymore and I’m going to run for governor of Wisconsin,” he said. “We need somebody strong to run for governor, we need somebody who is battle-tested and can stand up to Trump, and I’ve been called the Trump of the left. Arguably, I am; I’m just a million times smarter but I have the showmanship aspect.”

“What we haven’t heard so far is that five-alarm fire from any of the candidates running,” Bangstad said. “What’s important to the polls, if you poll every Wisconsinite, is the cost of eggs are high and the cost of gas is high, which is true, but you ain’t going to fix the cost of eggs if you can no longer vote.”

Wisconsin’s current governor, Democrat Tony Evers, announced last year he would not seek reelection to a third term, leaving the race wide open for both parties. Currently there are nine official Democrat candidates (not including Bangstad), the most prominent being former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes; and two Republicans, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and medical service technician Andrew Manske (who says he would not advocate banning abortion), plus six independent candidates.

Bangstad’s campaign is likely to struggle appealing to voters beyond the camp of progressive activists, given his extremism. In 2021, Minocqua Brewing declared intentions to sue every school board in the state without a mask mandate, and, in 2023, said it wanted to file a lawsuit to end Wisconsin’s school choice program. Bangstad also has a history of defamation, harassment, and disorderly conduct complaints stemming from his hostility to Lakeland Times editor Heather Holmes and publisher Gregg Walker.