Miller-Meeks Having it Both Ways on Third Party Group Mudslinging
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. -- Steve Rathje, Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa ’s second district today called on Mariannette Miller-Meeks to condemn the type of third party cowardly attacks that are being used to attack her opponents in the primary election.
“I call on Mariannette Miller-Meeks to stand against the fake third party groups that have lied and distorted my candidacy. I further call on her to condemn the acts of anyone who makes these cowardly anonymous attacks on her behalf,” stated Steve Rathje.
In a 2008 Project VoteSmart survey Miller-Meeks stated that she supported “prohibiting ads containing candidates’ name that are paid for by third parties from airing 60 days before a primary and 30 days before a general federal election”.
Despite that viewpoint, 2008 Miller-Meeks campaign staff member Jeff Patch created bogus third party group YouTube videos attacking Peter Teahen and Dave Loebsack. Patch is currently the Communications Director at the Center for Competitive Politics.
Rathje, “The similarity of these attacks is alarming. If the Miller-Meeks campaign has ties to these videos they should step forward and take responsibility.”
Steve Rathje is the founder of International Procurement Services, Inc. and the Genesis Group in Cedar Rapids . He is married, a father of four and grandfather of eight.
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