PHOENIX
(May 2) -- The Arizona Republican Party continues to hold Congresswoman
Kyrsten Sinema accountable taking more than $53,000 from backpage.com's
founders, executives and their relatives.
The Party
today released a digital ad asking Sinema how this money -- and the people that
gave it her -- could have possibly been overlooked for so long.
Sinema said
in an interview with ABC 15's Melissa Blasius late last week that "none of the
individuals that made these contributions list any affiliation with Backpage, or
the founders of Backpage."
Backpage
founder Michael Lacey has given more than $15,000 to Sinema since 2013.
The first
result that pops up on a Google search of "Michael Lacey" and his affiliation
"Village Voice Media" is a Phoenix New Times article about Lacey leaving Village
Voice Media to run backpage.com full time.
"How could
she not have known?" Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Lines said.
"Between Lacey, other Backpage executives and their relatives -- they've given
her more than $53,000. In any sort of political operation, you know the people
that give you this kind of money. It's absolutely absurd, and voters deserve to
know the truth."
