Is Blumenthal Working with Planned Parenthood?
Ben Smith reports:
A source this morning forwards on an email this morning from inside Attorney General Dick Blumenthal's campaign for Senate, in which his aides discuss tarring Linda McMahon in cooperation with Planned Parenthood.
The email's subject line is: "Worst of WWE + women photos."
"Hey all--Grossman is looking for mysoginistic photos of women and WWE. Planned Parenthood wants to hit LM hard on it," press staffer Marcy Stech emailed seven other aides to the campaign and the State Democratic Party. "What do we got?"
"Grossman" is the Democratic consultant Andrew Grossman, and the email seems to raise the question of whether the campaign is coordinating with Planned Parenthood, an outside group.
Blumenthal spokesman Ty Matsdorf said there's no co-ordination, and that the request was simply for an image that would be circulated on Twitter or in a press release, but not in a paid ad campaign of any sort.
"Her tenure at the WWE is offensive to all people but especially to women," he said.
A spokesman for Linda McMahon, Ed Patru, accused Blumenthal of crossing the line.
"This is clear evidence that Dick Blumenthal’s campaign is 110% in the gutter, orchestrating a potentially illegal coordinated campaign to dig up dirt on women for the purposes of attacking another woman. It’s utterly appalling that this is what Blumenthal’s campaign is focused on while nearly 10% of the state is unemployed," he said in an email.
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