Sen. Jon Tester Jonathan (Jon) TesterPence seeks to boost Daines in critical Montana Senate race This World Suicide Prevention Day, let's recommit to protecting the lives of our veterans Filibuster fight looms if Democrats retake Senate MORE (D-Mont.) spoke out in defense of Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe Overnight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' MORE (R-Utah) on Thursday after President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE appeared to attack the Utah senator during his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Tester reacted on CNN after Trump at the breakfast went after those "who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong." The remark appeared to be aimed at Romney, who invoked his Mormon faith and sworn oath when he broke with his party the previous day and voted to convict Trump of abuse of power.

“Mitt Romney is a deeply religious man, and I listened to his speech on the floor yesterday, and he literally, I think, was guided by God,” Tester told CNN's Poppy Harlow. “He made a decision based on the facts and based on the gravity of the situation which was a very solemn and very important decision.”

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“I think it’s ironic that the president goes after him, a man who had an affair with a porn star while his wife was pregnant," Tester added. "That’s the ultimate of ironies."

His remarks come after Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (D-Calif.) and others criticized Trump's remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, where the president touted newspaper headlines declaring him "acquitted" of the two articles of impeachment following a Senate vote the previous day.

"I don't like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong," Trump said Thursday morning. "Nor do I like people who say, 'I pray for you' when they know that's not so. So many people have been hurt, and we can't let that go on. And I'll be discussing that a little bit later at the White House."

The remarks seemingly referred to Romney, the only GOP senator to break with his party and support Trump's removal from office, as well as Pelosi, who launched Democrats' impeachment effort and has frequently told reporters that she prays for the president.

“I don’t know if the president understands about prayer or people who pray,” Pelosi responded Thursday at her weekly press conference. “I pray for the United States of America, I pray for him, I pray for President Bush still, President Obama … because it’s a heavy responsibility … I pray hard for him because he’s so off the track of our Constitution, our values, our country ... He really needs our prayers."

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"So he can say whatever he wants, but I do pray for him and I do so sincerely and without anguish, gently, that’s the way I pray for everybody else," she added.

Romney invoked his faith during a Senate floor speech Wednesday in which he announced that he would vote to convict Trump on the first article of impeachment, abuse of power.

"The allegations made in the articles of impeachment are very serious. As a senator-juror, I swore an oath before God to exercise impartial justice. I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am. I take an oath before God as enormously consequential. I knew from the outset that being tasked with judging the president, the leader of my own party, would be the most difficult decision I have ever faced. I was not wrong," he said.