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[quote=Anonymous]Well, it does appear that the Northam campaign did fund this horrible attack ad on Gillespie.

[quote]Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam’s campaign is being accused of playing a role in a controversial ad that was pulled last week, as disclosure forms reveal ties to the political group behind the incendiary commercial – though the Democrat’s campaign denies it.

But disclosure forms suggest the Northam campaign may have been involved, as the Northam campaign reported a $62,729.60 "in-kind" contribution in the form of "media" from the Latino Victory Fund shortly after the ad came out. Under Virginia law, a media contribution is "in-kind" only if the campaign worked with the outside group on the ad.  Phil Kerpen, president of free-market think tank American Commitment, first discovered the disclosure.

He points to Virginia law, which says a campaign must have direct involvement in a project for it to be an "in-kind" contribution:  "...the candidate or an agent of the candidate's campaign committee must have either expressly requested or suggested... that the expenditure be made," a Virginia government guidebook describing the law reads, "or... have material involvement in devising the strategy, content, means of dissemination, or timing of the expenditure.”

Could the Northam campaign have simply made the disclosure by mistake, thinking they had to do so because they worked with the group in other ways?

"No chance they filed by mistake -- they would have said so and corrected immediately," Kerpen said, decrying the ad as “race-baiting.”

Latino Victory Fund did not respond to questions about any coordination with the Northam campaign.[/quote]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/06/virginia-governors-race-forms-suggest-dems-campaign-involved-in-race-baiting-ad-despite-denials.html[/quote]

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