Democrats diss Paul, Bush; disregard Trump, Santorum
By Lauren Aguirre, Kate Hardiman and Hanna Krueger
July 05, 2015, 08:19 am
The Democratic National Committee has unleashed relentless attacks on a handful of GOP candidates in the ever-widening 2016 presidential field, while virtually ignoring others.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush have emerged as the DNC’s top punching bags, while the committee has mostly disregarded other campaigns — including that of businessman Donald Trump, who trails only Bush in some recent polls.
The Hill tallied the DNC's social media mentions of Republican presidential contenders, scanning press releases, tweets and Facebook posts from July 2014 through June 2015, to see whom the group has been hitting the most over the past year.
Paul ranks as the DNC's top target, with 203 mentions. Christie follows with 202 attacks, and Bush trails closely behind him with 199.
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Surprisingly in June, though, Paul still took the top spot, with the DNC knocking him a whopping 71 times.
GOP campaigns are taking those hits in stride, touting the attention as a sign they are viable threats.
“It should come as no surprise that the DNC is targeting Senator Rand Paul with their attacks — he is the single biggest threat to Hillary Clinton’s candidacy,” said Sergio Gor, communications director for Paul’s campaign.
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