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By Phillip Stucky
Political statistician Nate Silver ordered Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff to stop using his name in fundraising emails in a Tweet Monday evening.
Ossoff sent a fundraising email to supporters that argued Silver had claimed Ossoff’s win was the only way for Democrats to retake the house in the 2018 midterm elections.
.@NateSilver538 back in the fundraising emails pic.twitter.com/yaAk99hSg9
— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) April 10, 2017
The email uses the phrase “shocking announcement” to assert the owner of statistics site 538 worded the statement in a way that revealed him to be a Democrat.
“If Democrats want to take back the House, We MUST win the Georgia special election,” the Ossoff campaign alleged Silver said.
Nate Silver retweeted the assertion, adding, “Making shit up that @natesilver never said.”
Also, making shit up that .@NateSilver538 never said. https://t.co/oeIJ99AMgS
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 10, 2017
Ossoff dominates in fundraising, announcing he raised over $8.3 million in the first quarter of 2017. He also leads by a wide margin in recent polling. Despite those advantages, he misled voters about his national security credentials, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
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