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Scott Brown Backer Pays Homeless People To Wear 'Obama Supporters For Brown' Shirts
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 16, 2012 10:55pm |
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| Category | Strategy |
| Author | Nick Wing |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 12:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Organizers of a contentious demonstration in favor of Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) admitted Tuesday that they had paid homeless people to wear T-shirts showing support for the Republican candidate.
“Obama Supporters for Brown” is an effort coordinated by Benjamin Thompson, a former elections commissioner who also supports President Barack Obama. He told the Boston Herald that at least four of the attendees at a recent rally were homeless and had received a small "per diem," amounting to roughly $8 an hour, to show up wearing the shirts. Thompson said the money was intended to help cover costs of transportation and child care, and maintained that the recipients were genuinely supportive of Brown's campaign.
The state Republican Party's MassVictory program told the Herald that it had offered financial support to the “Obama Supporters for Brown” effort. |
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