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April 17, 2008 - 10:30pm

Obama campaign to Burch: 'Ridiculous'

By Trey Pollard
Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Primary, Shannon Gilson, President, Thomas Burch

A spokesperson from the campaign of Senator Barack Obama responded concisely this evening to comments by State Representative Thomas Burch (D-Louisville).

During the Wednesday grand opening of Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters in Louisville, Burch - a Jefferson County co-Chair for the campaign - suggested donations from Obama to 3rd District Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) may have encouraged Yarmuth's endorsement of the Illinois Senator.

“I found out my local Congressman got $2,500 from Obama,” Burch told PolitickerKY.com. “I wonder: did he pay that to get an endorsement?”

Today, Obama campaign spokesperson Shannon Gilson reacted to Burch's comments.

"That suggestion is ridiculous," said Gilson.

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