Lawmakers complain about photos on drug company-funded mailer

[Ernesto]

WASHINGTON (AP) - A mailer targeting black California voters pictures a dozen prominent black lawmakers next to an endorsement of a prescription drug initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot that some of them strongly oppose.
"I have endorsed 79, it's a matter of public record, and any representations to the contrary are simply false and very disturbing," said state Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas, D-Los Angeles, who also is pictured on the mailer. "The pharmaceutical industry, specifically PhRMA, has taken this campaign to new heights in terms of political skulduggery."
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