The feisty populism memo seems to have got around. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in a press release attacking a Republican running for Congress in upstate New York, the DCCC lashed out at his ties to the Cato Institute, the libertarian Washington think tank.
“While making today’s announcement that he will once again run for Congress in New York’s 24th District, [Richard] Hanna also launched a new campaign website where he shamelessly touts his ties to the Cato Institute, a right-wing extremist group that has long been a vocal advocate for extremist, unfair trade policies that would allow companies to ship American jobs overseas,” said the press release.
Full story: DCCC: Cato Institute is ‘right-wing extremist group’ – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com