YORK, SC — US Representative John Spratt has condemned the comments made by a campaign staffer. At Summerfest in York August 28, Spratt’s communications director Wayne Wingate told a reporter from Columbia that “If Osama Bin Laden ran in this district as a Republican, he would get 38 to 40 percent of the vote in any election year. This is a very Republican district. So you’ve got that, plus this tea party angst against any incumbent in the world right now.”
Spratt in a statement said quote “Wayne Wingate does not speak for me in saying that there are voters who vote Republican even if the candidate were Osama Bin Laden. Though made in jest, it is a terrible attempt at humor, which is offensive and insulting and in no way reflects my views about voters in the Fifth Congressional District” Spratt goes on to say “I disagree with and denounce his remarks, and apologize to anyone offended.”
Spratt is facing Mick Mulvaney in the November election, the two are set to debate on Tuesday at the River Hill Lions Club at 8 p.m.
