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TexasTowelie

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Wed Sep 2, 2015, 09:26 PM Sep 2015

Pro-David Vitter PAC's ad blasts opponents on taxes; Vitter voted for one of the measures criticized



As a state legislator in 1994, David Vitter voted for a new sales tax that an ad from a super PAC supporting his candidacy for governor now criticizes his opponent, fellow Republican Scott Angelle, for backing.

In ominous tones, using unflattering video, the commercial claims Angelle supports an Internet sales tax that “would cost you nearly $900” a year.

Angelle, a Public Service Commissioner from Breaux Bridge, supported the tax in the context of a congressional debate in Washington.

But representing Metairie in the Louisiana House 21 years ago, U.S. Sen. Vitter voted for creating a new tax that applies to Louisiana consumers.

Read more: http://theadvocate.com/news/13339527-123/pac-ad-claims-questioned
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