Despite being called out for spreading lies about the GOP’s plan to cut taxes for North Dakota families and businesses, Senator Heidi Heitkamp has yet to correct the record for her constituents.
Heitkamp’s initial lie was detailed a week ago, yet Heitkamp still hasn’t issued a statement admitting her mistake. Heitkamp released an email to certain constituents fessing up to her blunder, but Say Anything Blog’s Rob Port points out that, “Heitkamp has a very large following through her various legislative and social media platforms,” and “she has done nothing in those venues to correct the misinformation she perpetrated.” Further Heitkamp made the “talking point so pervasive that, when it was exposed to be false, journalists had to issue corrections.”
It’s time for Heitkamp to fess up because every North Dakotan deserves to know that she was using fake statistics to unfairly criticize the tax plan.
“Senator Heitkamp should be held accountable and fully correct the record,” said NRSC Spokesman Michael McAdams. “Heitkamp’s delayed and limited response to her serious error should give North Dakotans serious pause about whether they can trust her word.”