I haven’t spoken to anyone who thinks that this significantly changes the dynamics of the race. Here is a round-up of statements that pretty much put this thing to bed.
The Bethany Hall-Long apology:
“My husband is the man depicted in the video. The video shows him removing a handful of signs this morning. He turned them over to the Democratic Party and asked that they be returned to the Republican Party about six hours after they were taken up,” she said. “Sadly, this race has become tough and personal. My husband is my high school sweetheart and he loves me very much. I was not aware that he had allowed his frustration over the campaign attacks to get the better of him. Of course I’m disappointed and wish that it had not happened.”
Chairman of the state Democratic Party, John Daniello’s statement:
“Each campaign season, we deal with candidates removing their opponent’s signs. This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. There are more positive ways in which to support your candidate regardless of party affiliation.”
Jason33o’s incisive commentary:
Fortunately for BHL this indecent happened far enough out from the election that voters will have forgotten about it by election day. Do I think voters have pretty short memories? I guess so.
But seriously folks, there appears to be a push on the get this arrest done, and get the TV crews back to PA. It is a
Class A misdemeanor, so we are probably talking community service and maybe some type of restitution.
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Update: I went back to the video and as this screen capture shows, the signs in question have been stickered to include “paid for by” info.
