Kentucky AFL-CIO · @aflcioky
30th Aug 2014 from TwitLonger
Kentucky AFL-CIO Says McConnell’s Campaign in Shambles
August 29th, Frankfort –Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan made the following statement in response to news that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager, Jesse Benton resigned: “Mitch’s campaign is in shambles. The McConnell campaign is self-destructing from within.
"McConnell's gambit to appeal to tea partiers by hiring Jesse Benton, Ron Paul's former campaign manager, was a serious error. Knowledge of Benton's potential legal and ethical breaches were well known and McConnell's hiring of Benton reveals a serious lack of due diligence. Benton's involvement in illegal campaign activities in Iowa is just the tip of the iceberg for McConnell's campaign. McConnell owes the voters of Kentucky an explanation for hiring Benton and paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars while knowing about his tainted past."
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