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Dave Brat paid one of his staffers to go after his constituents on his Facebook.
Last edited Sat Nov 18, 2017, 03:32 PM - Edit history (1)
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Dave Brat paid one of his staffers to go after his constituents on his Facebook. Some of her comments?"I bet you have a coexist bumper sticker - or are you more of an antifa-type?"
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/she-argued-with-liberals-on-rep-dave-brat-s-facebook/article_ab66d673-1b51-5278-8fee-3011757394dd.html …
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She argued with liberals on Rep. Dave Brat's Facebook page. Then they found out he was paying her.
By VANESSA REMMERS AND PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch Nov 16, 2017
Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Brat’s Facebook page is a hub of activity, and members of the Liberal Women of Chesterfield County are among the major players, regularly sharing their thoughts. ... One person, a woman named Sara James, routinely took issue with their comments.
“Read much? Watch the video much? The post isn’t misleading at all if you calm down and actually do either,” James responded Sept. 5 to a woman who said a Brat post cited incorrect statistics that came from Fox News host Tucker Carlson. ... Members of the Liberal Women wondered who Sara James was.
It turns out James is on Brat’s payroll; in fact, she is the top recipient of his campaign money, according to data on OpenSecrets.org, the website for the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in federal politics and culls data from the Federal Election Commission. Brat’s campaign paid James $78,452 in 2015 and 2016 combined, and it has paid her $44,559 so far in 2017.
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In response to a question about why James didn’t identify herself on Facebook as a Brat campaign staff member, Mark Kelly, Brat’s chief of staff, responded by email: “Sara’s status as a paid member of Team Brat has been disclosed on multiple FEC reports. It is not now, nor has it ever been, a secret.”
vremmers@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6243
pwilson@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson
By VANESSA REMMERS AND PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch Nov 16, 2017
Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Brat’s Facebook page is a hub of activity, and members of the Liberal Women of Chesterfield County are among the major players, regularly sharing their thoughts. ... One person, a woman named Sara James, routinely took issue with their comments.
“Read much? Watch the video much? The post isn’t misleading at all if you calm down and actually do either,” James responded Sept. 5 to a woman who said a Brat post cited incorrect statistics that came from Fox News host Tucker Carlson. ... Members of the Liberal Women wondered who Sara James was.
It turns out James is on Brat’s payroll; in fact, she is the top recipient of his campaign money, according to data on OpenSecrets.org, the website for the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in federal politics and culls data from the Federal Election Commission. Brat’s campaign paid James $78,452 in 2015 and 2016 combined, and it has paid her $44,559 so far in 2017.
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In response to a question about why James didn’t identify herself on Facebook as a Brat campaign staff member, Mark Kelly, Brat’s chief of staff, responded by email: “Sara’s status as a paid member of Team Brat has been disclosed on multiple FEC reports. It is not now, nor has it ever been, a secret.”
vremmers@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6243
pwilson@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson
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