Politics & Government

TrustCurtis.com Not OK'd, Says Bostic Campaign

Website appears to have been approved by candidate's official committee.

Note: This story has been updated to include a link identifying the volunteer in question.

A website called trustcurtis.com appears to be the campaign for SC1 Republican candidate Curtis Bostic. On the bottom of the page it reads:

"Paid For By The Committee To Elect Curtis Bostic."

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And the website stopspending.com, which Bostic himself has referred to at campaign events, is also listed. A link that leads to a story that is critical of Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is in the bottom praragraph of the home page.

When Patch asked about trustcurtis.com, Bostic's campaign manager David O'Connell said via email he did not realize it was in existence and it was not authorized by the campaign.

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O'Connell subsequently told Patch that trustcurtis.com was created by an "overzealous volunteer" who he did not identify.

That volunteer has subsequently been identified here.

It's the second bit of confusion in as many days for Bostic, who is bidding to upset Mark Sanford in the run-off for the Republican nomination. On Monday, the campaign distanced itself from a consultant named Ali Akbar who claimed to be working for Bostic. O'Connell told Patch that Akbar, a convicted felon, was not authorized to speak on the campaign's behalf.

The website confusion has the potential to be something serious. Trustcurtis.com encourages visitors to make donations to Bostic's campaign. Websites not affiliated with a campaign do not have permission to ask for money on the candidate's behalf.  

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