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Clyburn says S.C. Dem Senate candidate a 'plant'; calls for probe
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 10, 2010 03:42pm |
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| Author | Michael O'Brien |
| News Date | Thursday, June 10, 2010 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "The man nominated as Democrats' candidate for Senate in South Carolina might have been a "plant," a high-ranking Democrat suggested Thursday.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) called for South Carolina to investigate the circumstances that led to Alvin Greene winning the Democratic Senate primary in his state earlier this week.
"There were some real shenanigans going on in the South Carolina primary," Clyburn said during an appearance on the liberal Bill Press radio show. "I don't know if he was a Republican plant; he was someone's plant."
The third-ranking House Democrat said he found it strange that Greene, a relative unknown prior to Tuesday, was able to produce the money to register and run for Senate despite being unemployed.
Greene allegedly tried to pay the registation fee in cash, and Clyburn said he wondered whether an outside party might have funded both the fee and Greene's campaign, in violation of federal campaign finance laws." |
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