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demmiblue

(36,854 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 02:30 PM Oct 2018

Campaign Mailer Fuels Anti-Semitism Complaints In State Senate Race

Source: Hartford Courant

A campaign mailer showing a Jewish candidate for state Senate with a fistful of money is drawing condemnation for what critics say is its blatant anti-Semitic imagery.

It was sent out by Republican Ed Charamut and targets state Rep. Matthew Lesser, a Democrat who gave up his seat in the House to vie for an open Senate seat representing Middletown, Wethersfield, Newington, Cromwell and Rocky Hill.

The inflammatory mailer has stoked controversy just days after 11 people were killed and six others were wounded in a synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in what investigators have categorized as a hate crime.
Anti-Semitic Incidents On The Rise In U.S.

“I started getting text messages about it when I was at a forum with teachers in Cromwell [on Monday], people said they got an anti-Semitic flyer,” Lesser told The Courant. “I did not believe them, I thought there was a mistake. Someone showed it to me and I think it would be a gross understatement to say I was surprised.”

Read more: http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-anti-semitic-mailer-20181030-story.html



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Campaign Mailer Fuels Anti-Semitism Complaints In State Senate Race (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2018 OP
They thrive on being disgusting ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #1
Keep it comin, little piggies. It's nice to know who we're REALLY dealing with, and while I'm here, Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #2
Disgusting - pathetic - have to tell ya' - on my journey this morning... asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #3
Fkn bastards...just disgusting iluvtennis Oct 2018 #4
Disgusting. Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 #5
So low, so nasty, he should be embarrassed, instead of thinking this will get him elected. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #6
That's the back side of the same one in the OP. We got it yesterday morning... George II Oct 2018 #7

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
2. Keep it comin, little piggies. It's nice to know who we're REALLY dealing with, and while I'm here,
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 02:34 PM
Oct 2018

say, why don’t you fuck right off

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
3. Disgusting - pathetic - have to tell ya' - on my journey this morning...
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 02:40 PM
Oct 2018

the radio waves are FULL of mcsalley lies....every station....I saw an AZ Republic headline as well, AZ most political ads..41,000 and counting....one of the radio ads..a nurse, with a pre-existing condition calling Sinemas lie about mcsilley voting to gut ACA..mcsilly DID!

I am getting texts for Sinema and responded - thanking Sinema for NOT getting in the weeds with the mcsilley..

Behind the Aegis

(53,957 posts)
5. Disgusting.
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 08:47 PM
Oct 2018

Can't say I am surprised though. I guess I am happy at least identified it as anti-Semitic and decided it was newsworthy.

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
6. So low, so nasty, he should be embarrassed, instead of thinking this will get him elected.
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 01:36 AM
Oct 2018

If a human being did something like this you'd think he had lost total control of himself. It's like losing bowel control in public, and not caring, isn't it?

Here's another gem:



Neither advertisement mentions there is any reason to actually vote for the fascist. That's because there isn't one, of course, or they'd want to feature it.

George II

(67,782 posts)
7. That's the back side of the same one in the OP. We got it yesterday morning...
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 12:42 PM
Oct 2018

...(live in that district) and even before it made the news I remarked about how horrible it was.

Thankfully it looks like it has backfired.

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