Scott Brown had initially issued a
gracious apology for calling the family members of absestos victims who appeared in ads for Elizabeth Warren "paid actors." That graciousness is totally gone now, and he's back to his
usual nasty self as he gets pressed further about it.
She's been the one who's been representing those large corporations against those victims. It's unfair. I should have verified it. I said I was sorry and I want to reiterate that,” he said.
It's all Elizabeth Warren's fault that he was a total asshole about these people, and it's not fair that his being a massive jerk about it is coming back to bite him in the ass. You can almost understand Brown lashing out as he sees his Senate gig
slipping away with stories like this. Here's one of the victims, a construction worker, holding a press availability on his lunch hour to talk about Brown's accusations.
I was a little upset, you know, when I heard about it. After taking care of my father for so long, it's a little insulting. {...] I'm not an overpaid actor. I'm an ordinary construction worker just like my father. We were all in the same business, my two brothers and all my cousins and I don't see any Hollywood in construction,” said John English.
It's telling about Brown's character that he would believe that this man, appearing in
this ad, could possibly be an actor, could possibly be lying about his father's suffering.
Maybe Brown is so used to lying, he just assumes that's what everybody does.
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