Erik Paulsen Ad Claims Dean Phillips Ignored Allina Sexual Harassment Claims

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen is standing by a campaign ad attacking one of Minnesota’s largest health systems.

Paulsen claims Allina Health Care ignored sexual harassment allegations when his 3rd District Democratic opponent Dean Phillips served on the board of directors. It is a claim Phillips calls “a lie.”

The ad accuses Allina of ignoring harassment claims in 2007, and says then-board chairman Phillips “did nothing.”

View the complete post on the WCCO TV website here.

Erik Paulsen Continues Lying to Try to Stop You from Seeing His Real Record

For a Congressman elected 10 years ago to focus on attacking his opponent with continuing use of debunked claims is sad to see, but not surprising from what he and his party has become.

The latest attack ad from his campaign (he’s shown at the intro and does the required disclaimer, so he and his campaign own this one), get down in the muck of false claims regarding sexual harassment.

Here are the facts:

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