Stay Classy: Dem tracker group blasted for following Sen. Ayotte to memorial service

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Clueless Democrats in New Hampshire.

Via the Daily Caller (hat tip):

Democratic opposition research organization American Bridge apologized on Monday for sending someone to follow New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte at a funeral this weekend, after a reporter and the New Hampshire Republican party attacked them for the move.

Ray Burton, New Hampshire’s longest serving executive councilor passed away in November,* and the crowd in attendance at his memorial service on Saturday included a number of politicians, including former New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, and New Hampshire’s two Senators, Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen.

Also in attendance was a Democratic β€œtracker,”someone who follows around candidates with a video camera capturing moments that can potentially be used to attack them later. The tracker was sent by the Super PAC American Bridge to follow around Ayotte.

WMUR’s James Pindell reported the presence of the tracker on Twitter, tweeting Saturday: β€œHey @AmericanBridge tracker: Put away your damn camera taping @KellyAyotte and others at Ray Burton memorial service. #nhpolitics #getclass.”

On Monday, the New Hampshire Republican Party picked up the attack. In a statement posted on the NHGOP website,Β state GOP Chair Jennifer Horn called it β€œdisgusting that a Democrat-affiliated group like American Bridge would politicize a memorial service and use this non-partisan event to try and score cheap political points.”

β€œClearly this classless liberal political organization has crossed the line, and as a result of its outrageous behavior, American Bridge trackers are immediately banned from all New Hampshire Republican State Committee sponsored events.Β Additionally, we will encourage all candidates, and local Republican committees to remove American Bridge staff from their events,” she said.

American Bridge blamed it on a “miscommunication” with their staff. Uh huh ….

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