Republicans try to tie Charlottesville protest images to Democrat Leslie Cockburn in Virginia congre

[TexasTowelie]

Republicans try to tie Charlottesville protest images to Democrat Leslie Cockburn in Virginia congressional race


RICHMOND — With images of the torch-bearing white nationalists who rallied in Charlottesville last year, a flyer distributed by the Republican Party of Virginia accuses a Democrat running for Congress of being anti-Semitic.

The party bases that allegation on a 1991 book Leslie Cockburn co-wrote that is highly critical of U.S.-Israeli covert operations.

“Racists in Charlottesville chanted ‘Jews will not replace us.’ Leslie Cockburn’s book adds fuel to the fire,” says the mailer, which mixes pictures of torch-bearing protesters with a photos of Cockburn and her book, “Dangerous Liaison.” “Reject anti-Semitism. Reject Leslie Cockburn.”

The party said the mailers went to “thousands” of voters across the district. Asked whether Cockburn opponent Denver Riggleman supports the use of the flyers, campaign manager Joe Chelak said in an email: “Denver Riggleman has condemned White Supremacy and all forms of hate. He is disturbed and appalled by Leslie Cockburn’s book’s use on White Supremacy websites. Her radical stance on Israel is a foreign policy issue that 5th district voters should be informed about.”

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[rainy]

1. Hopefully the public is too wise to fall for

this very low move.

[ROB-ROX]

2. I think the voters are to DUMB to know the difference!!!!!

There are many uneducated people who do NOT understand the difference between what they have been sent to read and the subject matter of the book. These people may be voters, but they do not have the intelligence to understand the difference between the book and what they were sent about the book. Evil has it easy since the uneducated are easily TRICKED by EVIL GOP people........