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Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran (R) is in a tight race against tea partier and state Senator Chris McDaniel. Cochran's wife suffer dementia and is in long term care. Little known Tea Partier blogger Clayton Kelly, lowlife and McDaniel supporter, has been arrested for sneaking into Rose Cochran hospital room, taking a photo of her in bed, and then posting it online in a hit piece on Thad Cochran. McDaniel's campaign is distancing itself from Clayton but can't explain how it knew about his arrest before it was made public. Kelly's computer has been confiscated as part of the ongoing investigation.
"U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign is questioning how Chris McDaniel's campaign manager, state Sen. Melanie Sojourner, apparently knew about Clayton Kelly's arrest before news of him allegedly sneaking into Rose Cochran's nursing home room and taking photos broke.
Cochran campaign spokesman Jordan Russell said Sojourner left a voice mail message for Cochran campaign manager Kirk Sims at about 7:45 a.m. Saturday, offering condolences over Kelly's alleged actions and assurance McDaniel's campaign doesn't condone it. "
Calling someone a tea partier is like calling them a liberal or conservative - it denotes an ideology. The Tea Party is an ideological movement that includes many organizations - many focused on raising money to support like minded candidates. Chris McDaniel is called a 'tea party favorite' by both sides of the aisle and has picked up endorsements from FreedomWorks and the Tea Party Express. Time will tell if Chris McDaniel's team had knowledge or a hand in Kelly's activities but it appears they knew about his arrest before it was made public.
Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran (R) is in a tight race against tea partier and state Senator Chris McDaniel. Cochran's wife suffer dementia and is in long term care. Little known Tea Partier blogger Clayton Kelly, lowlife and McDaniel supporter, has been arrested for sneaking into Rose Cochran hospital room, taking a photo of her in bed, and then posting it online in a hit piece on Thad Cochran. McDaniel's campaign is distancing itself from Clayton but can't explain how it knew about his arrest before it was made public. Kelly's computer has been confiscated as part of the ongoing investigation.
"U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign is questioning how Chris McDaniel's campaign manager, state Sen. Melanie Sojourner, apparently knew about Clayton Kelly's arrest before news of him allegedly sneaking into Rose Cochran's nursing home room and taking photos broke.
Cochran campaign spokesman Jordan Russell said Sojourner left a voice mail message for Cochran campaign manager Kirk Sims at about 7:45 a.m. Saturday, offering condolences over Kelly's alleged actions and assurance McDaniel's campaign doesn't condone it. "
UPDATE 2: Tea Party Patriots Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement on the arrest:
"Exploiting another human being for gain is deplorable in any circumstance. To use the elderly for some sick, perceived political advantage is despicable. We condemn this vile act in no uncertain terms.
"The Defendant has never donated to the Tea Party Patriots or the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund. He is not in any of our data bases, and we have had no email exchanges with him
This is a non-story. Trying to link this weirdo who sneaked into a hospital room to the Tea Party would be like trying to connect Democrats to John Wayne Gacy, because Gacy had a photo of himself with Rosalyn Carter (Gacy had done campaign volunteer work of some sort).
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down to two, losing their touch then.
