GOP State Senator Threatens to Sue Over Negative School-Funding Ads

[TexasTowelie]

State Senator Kate Brophy McGee is threatening to sue a political action committee for libel over negative ads criticizing her record on K-12 education spending.

Her attorney disputes the group's claim that Brophy McGee has voted to cut a total of $1.2 billion from Arizona schools in her career as a legislator. The committee, Great Schools Now, disseminated the message via direct mail and digital ads.

Brophy McGee is a former state representative who has represented Phoenix in Legislative District 28 in the state Senate since 2017.

In an effort to defy Brophy McGee, on Tuesday, Great Schools Now published an October 19 cease-and-desist letter sent by her attorney Michael Liburdi, who works for the law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Until May, Liburdi was general counsel to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey.

Read more: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-senator-threatens-to-sue-over-negative-school-funding-ads-10958635

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. sounds like SLAPP

Political speech is the most protected form of speech in the U.S. Even if Great Schools Now fudged the calculations, and nothing in the article shows that, it still appears like a SLAPP suit by McGee.

See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation