Cope Calls on Esty to Refuse All Tainted Photo Op Campaign Funds

For Immediate Release: Contact: George Linkletter

June 27, 2016 203-313-2386

George@ClayCope.com

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Cope Says Capitol Hill Sit-In a

"Photo Op to Spur Fundraising"

Calls on Esty to refuse campaign funds,

Re-direct money to families of the victims

June 27, 2016 -- Clay Cope, First Selectman for the Town of Sherman and the Republican Candidate for Congress in the 5^th District, issued the following statement:

"At a time when we should provide support and comfort to the families of the victims of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, and press the FBI to provide detailed answers to lingering questions about its investigative protocols, Elizabeth Esty and her Democratic colleagues stage a sit-in/political photo op on the House floor to spur campaign fundraising."

"Instead of disrupting the House of Representatives Esty should search for ways to prevent future ISIS-inspired terror attacks in our homeland."

"But her priorities lie with her re-election. She chooses to participate in a catered sit-in, protected by armed guards, as she poses with photographs of victims, and circulates video selfies - followed by appeals from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and her colleagues for campaign donations."

"Esty should disavow the tainted campaign solicitations, refuse donations from the D.C.C.C., and insist any money raised by the appeals be re-directed to the families of the victims.

Democrat Congressman John Larson already criticized the D.C.C.C. fundraising effort."

"Why is Esty silent on this shameless, self-serving campaign fundraising?"

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A native of Texas, Clay Cope traded a successful 28-year career in the fashion industry for Public Service in CT. He has won five local elections, and is now the three-term First Selectman for the Town of Sherman. He is widely regarded for his fiscally conservative approach to government. He has successfully managed multi-million dollar municipal budgets, finishing the year in the black, not the red. He pays down debt, not adds to it, and has rebuilt the Town's Rainy Day Fund. His stewardship of the Town 's finances enabled the removal of a negative outlook on the Town's debt, which was incurred by a previous administration.