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Fellow Utahns,

Earlier this week, the Utah Democratic Party sent out over 100,000 mailers, all over Utah, each attacking a different Republican candidate. Cleverly, they timed the ads to arrive the same day as your ballot. Each attack stated (in very small letters) that it was “Paid for by the Utah Democratic Party.”

What made these attacks particularly craven is that they are false – and the Democrats know it. Each mailer implied that the Republican in that grainy, black-and-white photo voted for a bill that they DID NOT ACTUALLY VOTE FOR.
Democrats mailed them out, and waited … silently … hoping that by the time you discovered the deception, your ballot would be cast, and it would be too late.

Before I could expose the plot, I was beat to the punch by Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke ([link removed]) who called it “one of the stupidest hit pieces ([link removed]) ” he’s ever seen.

Deseret News columnist Lavar Webb also lamented that Utah Democrats are going to have to “scrub hard to clean the stuff off of their boots.” ([link removed])

Even elected Democrats were forced to concede that their party's attacks were duplicitous and Machiavellian.

“I’m disappointed that the Utah Democrats would stoop this low ([link removed]) ."
Rep. Angela Romero (Democrat – Salt Lake City)

“Ugly untrue negativity.” ([link removed])
Rep. Karen Kwan (Democrat – Salt Lake City)

“Really sad to see my party do this. ([link removed]) ”
Rep. Andrew Stoddard (Democrat – Midvale)

Though the Democrats’ malicious actions have been exposed, the intent was clear: damage a hard working legislator’s reputation right before ballots are filled out.

This morning, one disappointed candidate asked me the same question asked by Reagan’s first Secretary of Labor after he was acquitted on bogus charges: “Derek, which office do I go to to get my reputation back?”

Friends, there is no Office of Reputation. There is just you. Decent, hardworking Republican and Democratic Utahns who hate to see Washington-style tactics slime their way into Utah.

Now … I have work to do. I need your help.

First, help me expose these attacks for what they are. Let your friends know. After all, these Democratic attacks are so deceitful that even elected Democrats were embarrassed.

Second, please donate to those candidates they attacked. As you know, it will now take more resources for them to clean up the mud thrown at them.

Finally, any donation we receive today will be used entirely for what I’m calling “Project Muddy Boots” – to help the candidates whose reputations have been damaged by this sludge.

Above all, vote! Actions like this show us why every vote matters.

Sincerely,
Derek E. Brown
Chairman, Utah Republican Party

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