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MADISON - The Wisconsin Republican Party is
retracting its blasting of a fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Tom Barrett with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because the event
never happened.
The state GOP sent out a press release
Wednesday saying Barrett hosted a "super secret" fundraiser with
Pelosi on Tuesday night but didn't want to admit it. Their release showed
drawings of Pelosi handing Barrett a bag of money.
The party retracted the statement an hour
later after spokesmen for both Barrett and Pelosi said there was no
fundraiser.
Republican Party spokesman Andrew Welhouse
says he first heard about the fundraiser on Milwaukee talk radio and then
later from several sources he declined to name.
Barrett spokesman Phil Walzak says it's
pathetic Republcans are resorting to "clear lies."
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