Saturday, November 7, 2015

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti's Endorsement Of Hillary Clinton Hits Embarrassing Snag


By Peter Jamison, Nov 06, 2015 LA Times

Democratic elected officials’ recent and predictable endorsements of Hillary Rodham Clinton — now her party’s overwhelming front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination — haven’t been generating many headlines.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proved an awkward exception to the rule Thursday, when his office issued a written endorsement of Clinton and then an hour later followed up with a puzzling, one-line news release reading: “Today’s statement on Hillary Clinton was sent in error.”

A Garcetti spokesman later clarified that the endorsement wasn’t being retracted, but that the mayor’s office shouldn’t have used government resources to distribute the campaign-related announcement. The error message came after The Times asked mayoral aides if the original Clinton endorsement constituted an illegal use of city staff and equipment.

 
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1 comment:

  1. Hey, Laws do not apply to Democrats. They flare their noses at mere laws.

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