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Emails Reveal Smear Campaign against Cayetano

Published on YouTube June 20, 2014

Hawaii Political Info introduction: Senator Brian Schatz's (D) Chief of Staff Andy Winer was a key person in the pro-rail PRP planning to discredit former Hawaii governor Cayetano through an extensive and expensive smear campaign in the days and weeks leading up to the 2012 election. Cayetano, who was leading in the race for Honolulu mayor, lost the election to Kirk Caldwell.

Schatz spokesperson Meaghann Smith took the opportunity today to take an unprofessional cheap shot at Cayetano (" . . . Mr. Cayetano's attempts to settle an old score." at 2 min 36 sec). Sounds like Schatz has been just fine with Winer's part in the smear campaign, which Smith is attempting to put in the "old news" category, even though this is a major news story with new information today.