Sarah Bascom responds to claim that David Rivera is working with a 527 to attack Joe Garcia
Received an e-mail from the ultra-talented Sarah Bascom regarding claims that David Rivera is working with a 527 to attack Joe Garcia and I thought it appropriate to share her words unfiltered:
“Mr. Barzee is factually incorrect in his statements. Bascom Communications is on contract with the David Rivera for Congress Campaign and has been paid for its ongoing services by the campaign. In fact, our first payment was received directly from the campaign for the full monthly retainer amount on August 24, 2010, which will be reflected on Mr. Rivera’s next disclosure report.
“Bascom Communications has been working with Voters Response long before its engagement with the David Rivera for Congress Campaign began, and is not involved with or has any knowledge of the activities of Voters Response outside of its contractual scope of work. Bascom Communications does social media research for Voters Response, completely unrelated to the CD 25 race, and has no knowledge or involvement with anything that Voters Response may or may not be involved in with the CD 25 race or any other races it may choose to participate in.
“Regarding Mr. Barzee’s claim that David Rivera is working with a 527 to attack Joe Garcia, this is completely false and yet another shameful attempt by Joe Garcia to discredit David Rivera because he knows he cannot debate him on the real issues facing the voters of CD 25.”
[...] the P.R. firm fires back. With a hat tip to Peter Schorsch, here’s Bascom Communications’ response to Barzee: “Mr. Barzee is factually incorrect [...]