When Cheating Is Your Only Skill
Republicans are gloating about how clever they are. Since they can’t win legitimately, they do what they do best. Cheat.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has set up at least 16 websites meant to appear like the official websites of Democratic candidates. The NRCC bought up hundreds of URLs on potential weak Democratic candidates and created sites that mimic the real ones. The websites appear at first glance as an official webpage for the candidate.
So if you’re searching for information on line about a Democratic congressional candidate, make sure you read the fine print. The sites have disclaimers that they are funded by the NRCC at the bottom — not technically buried, but certainly not appearing before the big donate button that users can click to send money to the NRCC.
Daniel Scarpinato, the NRCC’s press secretary insists the well-thought out, well-planned program is pure genius. ”Well, we are very proud of this program.”
Paul S. Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center even said that the websites may violate an FEC regulation prohibiting political parties from using a candidate’s name in special projects. Undeterred, the National Republican Congressional Committee thinks it has a winner and will create more fake websites as the 2014 midterm elections draw near.
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