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Lautenberg’s ‘Boycott’ Boner - NYPOST.com

In a disgraceful speech on the Senate floor last Tuesday, Frank Lautenberg accused Images-1 Charles and David Koch of attempting to “subvert the upcoming election” and apparently called for a boycott of consumer products manufactured by Koch Industries, which he identified by name (Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, etc.). It turned out that Lautenberg was asking for a boycott of his own constituents — since Georgia-Pacific has operations and employees in that state.

Apparently embarrassed by that revelation, Lautenberg and his allies are now backtracking feverishly, denying that the senator called for a boycott of Koch Industries. But if Lautenberg wasn’t suggesting that his listeners ought not buy consumer products made by Koch Industries, then why did he list them, and describe them as “a source of revenue for the Koch brothers”? Was he giving Koch a little free advertising?

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