Menendez Responds to Hugin’s ‘Trumpian Sleaze’ with Truth: What They’re Saying

New Brunswick, NJ – Greedy, drug company CEO Bob Hugin’s ads and accusations continue to be debunked by nearly every reputable news organization:

“The Worst Campaign Attack Ads of 2018… The ad misleadingly presents unsubstantiated allegations first surfaced by the conservative Daily Caller as facts corroborated by federal law enforcement.”

Talking Points Memo, 10/17/18

WATCH: Numerous News Outlets Debunk Republican Bob Hugin’s Lies

“Our decision: Four Pinocchios.”

Washington Post, 10/17/18

“Hugin adopts Trumpian sleaze…

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“This is a long-debunked smear that cannot stand up to even passing scrutiny, and Team Hugin is asking the rest of us to swim in same sewer occupied by the fake-news echo chamber.

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“Hugin may think he has revived a long-buried story with legal obfuscation, but he’s just dishing out weapons-grade sleaze.”

Star-Ledger, 10/17/18

“Man who continued to back Trump after he bragged about groping women has something to say about women’s issues… Hugin on Monday began airing a commercial featuring unsubstantiated claims that Menendez had sex with underage prostitute that, by implication, puts the anonymous allegations filtered through an anonymous source who wouldn’t meet with investigators on the same level as Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh”

Politico, 10/18/18

“That is not a new accusation. In fact, it surfaced six years ago just before the senator’s 2012 reelection. The problem for Hugin is that the charge was quickly found to be unproven – more than five years ago.”

InsiderNJ, 10/17/18

“…this year it’s the newcomer, Hugin, who has thrown the lowest blow so far.”

NJTV, 10/17/18

“That claim and a number of others present in the 60-second TV spot have been panned by fact checkers in the days following the ad’s release.”

NJ Globe, 10/17/18

“Menendez also said the Hugin ad was independently debunked by the New York Times, USA Today, NJ Advance Media and Washington Post, as well as Melanie Sloan, the former executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), who originally forwarded the false allegations to the FBI for further investigation, who told NJ Advance Media: “It is pretty despicable of Menendez’s opponent to bring up stuff that is completely untrue.”

Star-Ledger, 10/17/18

“The Washington Post’s fact-checkers Wednesday gave the ad “four Pinocchios” — the worst rating it gives…. Some observers say Hugin is taking a gamble and that it could backfire if voters see it as outlandish and desperate.”

The Record, 10/17/18

“…debunked by the FBI.”

News 12, 10/17/18

“The race has gotten uglier, with a new Hugin ad raising old unsubstantiated claims…”

Pix11, 10/17/18

“Menendez said fact checkers at the Washington Post, New York Times and other media outlets also said the ad was unproven, and he’s airing his own ad to refute Hugin’s ad.”

CBS2, 10/17/18

“An angry Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday fired back at his Republican opponent for airing a new ad reviving salacious allegations that the senator had sex with underage prostitutes during past trips to the Dominican Republic — calling the claims ‘lies.’”

Fox News, 10/17/18

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