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CLF launches second radio ad about 2006 Delgado rap album
Jul 30, 2018 12:23 pm
Paul Brooks in the Times Herald-Record reports that there is a second advertisement on the local airwaves from a pro-John Faso political action committee that criticizes the lyrics on Antonio Delgado's 2006 hip hop album. “The liberal resistance is going too far,” the ad from the Congressional Leadership Fund says. “Antonio Delgado is their candidate for Congress.” The CLF says it did not coordinate the ad with the Faso campaign. Days after the Democrat, Delgado, won the June 26 primary to run against the Republican, Faso began the campaign by attacking the lyrics of the old rap album by "AD the Voice." Then, on July 13 the Republican-backed super PAC the Congressional Leadership Fund began paying for a radio advertisement airing locally in the Albany and Poughkeepsie media markets, centered on Delgado’s recordings and lyrics. As recently as July 26, Faso made a statement about Delgado's hip hop lyrics. Now the CLF, the U.S. House Republican political action committee, has a second radio ad on local stations about the 2006 recording. Delgado responded on July 27 saying, “I again call on John Faso to disavow these divisive attacks. He should apologize on behalf of his supporters who created this hateful ad. John Faso’s strategy is 100 percent predicated on his low opinion of his constituents. Dr. Gerald Benjamin (a SUNY New Paltz professor), Faso’s close friend, recently acknowledged the Congressman’s ‘divisive use of race’ and respectfully apologized for his own commentary on the issue. Now it is Faso’s turn.” Read the full story in the Times Herald-Record.