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31 Oct 2018, 10:13 pm
Spanberger campaign kicks out undercover staffer working for Project Veritas
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The campaign of Democrat Abigail Spanberger on Wednesday confronted and kicked out a volunteer who was working with Project Veritas, a conservative group that has used deceptively edited undercover video to try to embarrass Democrats and others.
The fake volunteer showed up a few weeks ago at Spanberger's headquarters in Henrico County, said she was pregnant and wanted to volunteer, said Justin Jones, a Spanberger spokesman. Staffers became suspicious after the woman began asking awkward questions of junior-level staffers trying to get them to say things that weren't true, he said.
Staff members looked at a website dedicated to exposing people who work with Project Veritas and found on the site that the woman who gave the name "Monica Nelson" was actually Marisa Jorge, of New York.
Spanberger is in a competitive race against Rep. Dave Brat, R-7th, in a district of national importance as Democrats try to flip control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The 10-county district includes portions of Henrico and Chesterfield.
The Veritas staffer recorded video covertly in the office, which regularly has hundreds of volunteers coming and going. The Spanberger campaign released its own video of campaign manager Dana Bye confronting her and kicking her out.
"Dirty tricks like these are the worst part of politics, and this is exactly what Abigail is running to change," Bye said in a statement.
Bye added, "While others may scrape the bottom of the barrel out of desperation, Abigail and our campaign will remain focused on talking to our neighbors on their doorsteps about the issues that matter to our community - that’s the campaign voters deserve and it’s the campaign that we believe will carry us to victory." ...
The fake volunteer showed up a few weeks ago at Spanberger's headquarters in Henrico County, said she was pregnant and wanted to volunteer, said Justin Jones, a Spanberger spokesman. Staffers became suspicious after the woman began asking awkward questions of junior-level staffers trying to get them to say things that weren't true, he said.
Staff members looked at a website dedicated to exposing people who work with Project Veritas and found on the site that the woman who gave the name "Monica Nelson" was actually Marisa Jorge, of New York.
Spanberger is in a competitive race against Rep. Dave Brat, R-7th, in a district of national importance as Democrats try to flip control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The 10-county district includes portions of Henrico and Chesterfield.
The Veritas staffer recorded video covertly in the office, which regularly has hundreds of volunteers coming and going. The Spanberger campaign released its own video of campaign manager Dana Bye confronting her and kicking her out.
"Dirty tricks like these are the worst part of politics, and this is exactly what Abigail is running to change," Bye said in a statement.
Bye added, "While others may scrape the bottom of the barrel out of desperation, Abigail and our campaign will remain focused on talking to our neighbors on their doorsteps about the issues that matter to our community - that’s the campaign voters deserve and it’s the campaign that we believe will carry us to victory." ...
