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Log Cabin Republicans Cry Foul Over Ad Attacking Gay Congressional Candidate Paul Babeu
The Log Cabin Republicans are calling on Democrats to apologize for an ad attacking gay Arizona congressional candidate Paul Babeu, who currently serves as sheriff in Pinal County.
The ad focuses on allegations of physical and sexual abuse at the DiSisto School, a boarding school in Massachusetts where Babeu once served as executive director.
“We can’t trust him with our kids,” states the ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “How can we trust him in Congress?”
“Attack ads don’t get more homophobic than this,” Log Cabin Republicans President Gregory T. Angelo said in a statement Tuesday. “Not only is this commercial factually inaccurate, but it shows just how low the DCCC is willing to go to stop a gay Republican from being elected to Congress.”
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2016/09/log-cabin-republicans-cry-foul-ad-attacking-gay-congressional-candiate-paul-babeu/
