Posted on 10/17/2018 6:13:53 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp issued a personal apology on Tuesday after her campaign identified some women as survivors of abuse in an ad without their knowledge or consent.
The misstep has led some women misidentified in the ad to decry the Democratic candidate and question how their names landed on the list, with one group of women saying they are seeking "a lawyer who will take our case" because the ad has "interfered with, or downright ruined, our lives."
The Heitkamp campaign, looking to slam Rep. Kevin Cramer, her Republican opponent, for suggesting "tough people" do not identify with the national conversation around sexual assault and the treatment of women, ran an open letter to Cramer to show him "what prairie tough looks like."
The letter featured over 120 names at the bottom, but several women have come forward to say they were either included without their permission or were not survivors of "domestic violence, sexual assault, or rape," as specified in the letter.
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She didn't just MISTAKENLY IDENTIFY WOMEN AS ABUSE SURVIVORS!!, she also named abused survivors who did not give her permission to use their names!!! They do admit this down in the article, but the headline implies they just named some women as abuse survivors who were not...
Yet, THIS is the party "of women"??? This is a SITTING SENATOR, who is so INCOMPETENT she outed abuse survivors as part of her desperate desire for re-election without their permission!
Its almost like she decided, Hey, Pocahantas, you think you are the dumbest female senator in the party??? Hold my beer and watch this...
She’s done.
There is no low to which these evil people won’t stoop. Imagine either being a genuine victim or someone falsely labeled as such on that list - and it is circulated. Sick on so many levels; I’m only surprised the Dems didn’t fabricate a list of fake victims who agreed to “play ball” (office staff and such).
She was done before this.. but the fallout from this could be far greater than Just her race...
The Dems clearly have been banking on single college educated women and the #metoo stuff to push them over the top... crap like this doesn’t help that cause at all
I think it’s possible to pick up 5 Senate seats. The House will be determined by GOP turnout.
heitkamp nitwit claims retraction of names. It seems a little late for that.
Wow. I would be furious. She had NO right to publish names.
I hope people will remember her and Warren in November. The Dems are liars.
Mistake?
My Obamahole.
Imagine using the names of *anyones* who did not give consent.
HEY WOULD THAT BE KINDA LIKE RAPE?
Unimaginable.
“The Dems clearly have been banking on single college educated women and the #metoo stuff to push them over the top... crap like this doesn’t help that cause at all”
All they’re going to have is violence on Nov. 7.
They also know they got clean away with it two years ago.
To the left the vast assortment of “victims” are nothing but props to further the agenda, nothing more.
They are merely “clubs” to beat their adversaries over the head with.
I have always believed the GOP is 6+ or more this cycle... Just based on the Map and nothing else.... and if the winds blew “just right” the GOP could get double digits..
Dammit if the Dems behavior and actions have not done their best to put those winds “just right”
Fake Indians
Fake Hate Crimes
Fake Rape
Fake Russian Meddling
Fake Survivors of School Shootings
Fake FBI Investigations
Is there anything about these people that isn’t a complete FRAUD!!!!
Methinks ‘Ol Heidi just crapped in her own fox hole!
The women should sue for invasion of privacy and false light defamation.
time for the fork
Oh she’ll be sued for sure.... There is no doubt about that.
The first to apologize, loses the election.
She crapped not only in her own, but in the entire Democratic Narrative.... assuming of course the news honestly reports it.... (cough cough)
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