The family of “the late Robert C. Byrd blasted the GOP nominee for his U.S. Senate seat Sunday after he used an image from Byrd’s memorial service in a TV ad attacking the Democratic nominee,” the AP reports.
The ad by Republican John Raese’s campaign seeks to link President Barack Obama to Gov. Joe Manchin by displaying an image of the two Democrats at the state Capitol ceremony marking Byrd’s June 28 death.
Raese and Manchin are running in a special election for what remains of Byrd’s term. Byrd was history’s longest-serving member of Congress when he died at 92.
Raese’s campaign manager, Jim Dornan, defended the use of the image.
“That’s a stock photo. We had no idea it was from the memorial service,” he said.
But Byrd’s family called for the campaign to withdraw the ad.
(credit image – yahoo/associated press)
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