Huckabee Raises Money With Debunked Diabetes Cure, Email Ads
Presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) has been raising money with an endorsement for a supposed diabetes cure and email ads for products like an emergency food kit, according to a New York Times report.
In an Internet ad for a diabetes solution kit, Huckabee says that the techniques described in the Barton Publishing kit worked for him. Following Huckabee's message, a video presentation claims that "weird natural remedies" like cinnamon and chromium picolinate will reverse diabetes. As the New York Times noted, the American Diabetes Association has said that these supplements are not effective.
Although Barton Publishing still features Huckabee's endorsement of the Diabetes Solution Kit on its website, a spokeswoman for the former governor said that his contract with the company ended at the beginning of March.
"It was something created several months ago, back in 2014, but due to possible future plans, they have concluded the relationship," spokeswoman Alice Stewart said, according to the Times.
Huckabee was asked in March if he used cinnamon and chromium picolinate to reverse diabetes, and said he hadn't. When asked about his endorsement, he said will "do anything that promotes good health," according to the Times.
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Huckabee Tries Unconventional Ways to Fund Campaign
Even as Mike Huckabee “seeks to put the ghosts of 2008 behind by winning over major Republican donors, he has pursued some highly unconventional income streams — not just the diabetes endorsement, but selling ads on email commentaries he sends to thousands of his supporters,” the New York Times reports.
“A spokeswoman for Mr. Huckabee declined to say how much he earned from these efforts. But she said he had broken off as a spokesman for the diabetes cure a couple of weeks ago, suggesting concerns that the unusual endorsements may appear un-presidential. Indeed, Mr. Huckabee risks being viewed by voters less as someone who aspires to be seen as presidential timber, than among washed-out candidates of the past, like Bob Dole, who went on to make Viagra ads, and former Senator Fred D. Thompson, who pitches reverse mortgages.”
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