The Republicans when they are desperate will come out clawing and use any dirty trick in the book…
The Republican accused Rep. Holder-Winfield of supporting a property tax increase, but the thing there is no bill before the legislature and there never was a bill that was ever voted on that raised the property tax.
All of these accusations came out just days before the special elections today; he threw them out and hoped that some of it would stick.
Mullins Unleashes “Sexual Predator” ChargeThe charge of “let sexual predators into the women’s room” is based on the fact that Rep. Holder-Winfield was a sponsor and voted for the anti-discrimination bill which the Republicans labeled in a desperate attempt to kill the bill “the bathroom bill.” The newspaper goes on to say,
New Haven Independent
By Paul Bass
Feb 24, 2014
In the final paces before Tuesday’s special election for state senator, the Republican candidate tied his Democratic opponent to a supporter’s 2010 tax-reform bill and accused his opponent of seeking to “let sexual predators into the women’s room.”
Republican Steven Mullins made those charges against Democrat Gary Holder-Winfield in a flurry of direct-mail pieces, robocalls and TV spots. The two face each other in a special election Tuesday for the 10th District state Senate seat vacated last month by New Haven Mayor Toni Harp.
Even in the annals of last-minute mud-slinging, the charges stood out as explosive. Read further in the story for some fact-checking.
Holder-Winfield led the fight for the bill’s passing in the House of Representatives. “I hope this legislation will help those who have suffered discrimination and give them the chance to live free from fear and intimidation,” he said at the time…The Republican candidate should know that in the two and a half years that the law has been in effect there have been no cases of people doing what he claims.
Mullins was asked Sunday how Holder-Winfield’s bill led to risks of rape.
“You or I can put on a skirt and a blouse and a wig and go into the girls’ room and get their kicks” at a place like Planet Fitness under this bill, he replied.
Holder-Winfield responded that rape—which can be carried out by members of either sex against members of either sex is already illegal. “If a woman rapes a woman, it’s illegal,” he noted. (Holder-Winfield was sexually abused as a child.)
Holder-Winfield stood by his bill. “We should not discriminate against people because of their gender,” he said. “A transgender female is a female.”
The Republican accused Rep. Holder-Winfield of supporting a property tax increase, but the thing there is no bill before the legislature and there never was a bill that was ever voted on that raised the property tax.
All of these accusations came out just days before the special elections today; he threw them out and hoped that some of it would stick.
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