CNN panel defend Dems who hired second Dan Sullivan to confuse voters
A new investigation has claimed that staffers for Mary Peltola's campaign allegedly attempted to recruit people with the same name as her Republican opponent as a spoiler.
TL;DR
- The New York Times alleges that Alaska Democrats attempted to recruit spoiler candidates in the state's Senate race.
- Lawyers for Democrat Mary Peltola and DSCC aides reportedly worked to recruit candidates, including a retired teacher named Dan Sullivan, to appear on the ballot.
- CNN panelists described the alleged scheme as 'dirty tricks' but not illegal, noting that both parties have used similar tactics.
- Republicans previously accused of a similar spoiler scheme when Peltola ran for the House of Representatives, where she lost.
- The alleged scheme involved finding people named Dan Sullivan to run and potentially confuse voters.
- Donald Trump called for Peltola's resignation and for her and the Democratic Party to be prosecuted, calling it 'voter fraud.'
- The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit related to a candidate with the same name as Sullivan giving Peltola an advantage.
- Peltola's campaign has called the DOJ's complaint 'wholly baseless,' and the campaign and DSCC deny involvement.