MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state Republican Party retracted its criticism of a fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett, after learning it didn’t happen.
The GOP issued a statement Wednesday which said Barrett hosted a “super secret” fundraiser on Tuesday night with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the statement was retracted a short time later, after spokesmen for both Pelosi and Barrett denied such an event happened.
Party spokesman Andrew Welhouse said he first heard about the fundraiser on a Milwaukee radio talk show, and then from several other sources. Barrett spokesman Phil Walzak said it was sad that Republicans had resorted to, “clear lies.”
