Your party’s presidential nominee is worse than mine. So there!
In the final days of the closely watched District 18 congressional race, Republican Brian Mast and Democrat Randy Perkins are using their opponents’ presidential nominee as a cudgel.
Mast has called on Perkins to repudiate Hillary Clinton, whose campaign was rocked by news that the FBI has re-opened its investigation into how she handled emails that passed through the personal server she had set up when she was U.S. secretary of state.
“Randy Perkins has no qualms about making his race about the presidential candidates, so it’s time for him to answer for the fact that Hillary Clinton, who he endorsed, is under investigation by the FBI,” Mast spokeswoman Madison Anderson said. “His silence on the dishonesty and scandal-ridden career of his pick for president speaks volumes of how he would serve in Congress. After all, his entire career has been about him garnering millions in no-bid government contracts by gaming the political system. His latest endeavor, Congress, will be no different. We call on Randy Perkins to break his silence and denounce Hillary Clinton’s scandal-ridden career and presidential campaign.”
Perkins wasted little time firing back, tossing the widespread condemnation of Trump’s comments about women back at Mast.
“Brian is trying to hide the fact that he’s anti-women’s choice, he does not support equal pay for equal work and is committed to ‘100% de-funding’ services like breast cancer testing, Zika screenings, and prenatal care for women in need,” Perkins said. “He and Donald Trump are both anti women.”
Republican Brian Mast (left) and Democrat Randy Perkins, candidates for the congressional District 18 seat.
