Debbie's damage control

[Valin]

Politico:

A top Democratic donor claims the DNC chair offered to switch positions on medical pot if he took back his criticism.

Marc Caputo

2/19/15

 

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office offered to change her position on medical marijuana if a major Florida donor recanted his withering criticism of her, according to emails obtained by POLITICO.

 

The proposal to Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan was straightforward: retract critical statements he made to a reporter in return for Wasserman Schultz publicly backing his cannabis initiative that she had trashed just months earlier. Morgan declined the offer with a sharp email reply sent to a go-between, who described the congresswoman as being in a “tizzy.

“No,” Morgan responded. “She is a bully. I beat bullies up for a living.”

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The congresswoman’s more recent dispute with Morgan unfolded Wednesday afternoon. POLITICO sent an email at 3:50 p.m. to Wasserman Schultz’s office seeking comment on criticisms from Morgan and other medical marijuana advocates. Three minutes later, an adviser replied that she had no comment.

 

In the meantime, Wasserman Schultz’s office sprung into action. Her team reached out to the campaign manager for the medical marijuana initiative — Ben Pollara, a top Democratic fundraiser and consultant in Miami — and offered him a deal.

 

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[WestVirginiaRebel]

Politico:

MIAMI — Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Friday denied claims that her staff offered a deal to reverse her opposition to medical marijuana in order to silence a Florida donor’s criticisms — attributing the controversy to a misunderstanding.

 

But text messages and emails obtained by POLITICO indicate her top political adviser was aware of some type of offer to donor John Morgan, who is accusing the South Florida congresswoman of after-the-fact spin.

 

The dispute between donor John Morgan and Wasserman Schultz, which began last year when she opposed his medical-marijuana initiative, flared anew this week amid reports that she might seek a U.S. Senate seat.

 

Morgan and other medical-marijuana advocates then told POLITICO that they would oppose her candidacy and criticized her votes and positions on the issue.

 

That’s when the proposal was made by Wasserman Schultz’s staff, Morgan said: If he stopped the criticisms, she would be willing to back his new medical-marijuana proposal.

 

Wasserman Schultz told her hometown newspaper Friday morning that the allegation was “outrageous” and the story was “false.”

 

“Wasserman Schultz said there were no emails,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

 

But Morgan released an email chain and related text messages that he said showed the medical-marijuana initiative’s political consultant, Ben Pollara, was in contact with Wasserman Schultz’s political adviser, Jason O’Malley, who received an email concerning the alleged deal.

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She should've given the emails to the IRS...they're good at making emails disappear...

 

[Valin]

 

She should've given the emails to the IRS...they're good at making emails disappear...