Following a statement today from former Fort Hays State University President Edward Hammond accusing the Kansas Republican Party of using his image and quote in a mailer that shipped last week to the Hays area as an implied endorsement of incumbent Governor Sam Brownback, the Kansas GOP has responded with a message of its own, suggesting the use of both the quote and the image are within the normal operating practices of a political campaign.
Read the Hammond statement here
The message from Kelly Arnold, State Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, asks media to more closely analyze the mailer before jumping to conclusions, suggesting “it was a routine election postcard with quotes and bullet points from several sources.”
The statement also suggests that even though the mailer used a quote from Hammond, the statement was not intended to be seen as an endorsement.
“No reasonable person could interpret the postcard, containing a standard news clip quote, as implying there was any type of endorsement,” Arnold said.
The full message from Arnold can be seen below.
At least we only have to deal with the political days one more day.