 If we are to believe Tom Emmer's campaign, when Mark Buesgens was arrested for DWI Saturday night, he was no longer campaign chair. According to the Minnesota Republican Governor candidate's campaign, Buesgens stepped down as Campaign Chair the previous weekend.
Why are they lying about this? Why not just fire him when they found out?
Rep. Mark Buesgens, who was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, has worked for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, as past campaign manager and more recently as campaign chair. But while Emmer representatives told the Star Tribune Monday that Buesgens left the campaign on Sept. 12, the Minnesota Independent has learned that Buesgens spoke at a tea party event as a representative of the Emmer campaign the same day he was arrested. He then attended an event that evening sponsored by Emmer's uncle, Drew Emmer.
Buesgens was scheduled to speak at the We the People rally hosted by the Forest Lake Tea Party on Saturday, representing the Emmer campaign. The invitation for the Sept. 18 event (PDF) lists Buesgens as "Tom Emmer's Campaign Chairman." A representative of the Forest Lake Tea Party confirmed to the Minnesota Independent that Buesgens attended and spoke at the event, and that he did so representing the Emmer campaign as campaign chairman.
(Minnesota Independent)
As of Monday, two days after his arrest, Buesgens was still listed on Team Emmer's filing as campaign chair. Sometime late Monday afternoon, someone amended the filing and right wing bloggers and tweeters began claiming it was everthus.
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