The outrage over that RNC “Census” fundraising mailer — sent just weeks after Congress passed a law to ban such mailers — has gone bipartisan.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), a co-sponsor of the legislation passed last month, told The PlumLine’s Greg Sargent that the mailer is intended to “deceive people,” and added that he and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) will send a letter to RNC chair Michael Steele urging him to put a stop to the missives.
“They’re trying to be deceptive, and it outrages me,” Chaffetz said. “The reason they’re using the word census is they’re trying to deceive people. I think that’s wrong. Even though it’s my own party I’ve got to call this out for what it is.”
As we reported earlier, Congressional Democrats have asked the US Postmaster General to probe whether the mailers violate the new law. Chafetz told The Plumline that that probe has already begun. A spokesman for the Postmaster General told TPMmuckraker he would look into the matter and get back to us.
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