The campaign of Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, which has had its wrists slapped by the area Fair Elections Campaign Committee for making questionable claims in its ads, is touting a “fact based” TV ad that blasts Republican opponent Maggie Brooks.

The Slaughter campaign has kept up a series of sustained attacks against Slaughter, claiming that she’s part of a culture of corruption in Monroe County.

The campaign notes that the generally awesome fact-checking being done by Jessica Alaimo at the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester deemed the ad “mostly true” (what a high bar to set!).

The full sentence from Alaimo’s blog post read, “This ad, while mostly true, makes arguments that are nothing new and, at this point, of no help to voters.

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