Previously on Burnt Orange Report, of Bobby Phillips States That Erwin Cain Sold Cocaine".
Bobby Phillips, Jr. is the brother-in-law of Erwin Cain, the Republican candidate who is challenging State Reprsentative Mark Homer in House District 3. In the sworn deposition video posted below, Mr. Phillips states that he met Erwin Cain in October of 1977, when he was engaged to Erwin's sister, Gloria Cain. Erwin Cain was the best man at their wedding, which occurred in Longview, Texas. Mr. Phillips states that the two had a "pretty close friendship."
The statements are backed up by the sworn testimony, which you can download a PDF of here. We also present the sworn deposition below as a matter of public record.
Given the chance to dispute the claims in a local newspaper, NuWave Reporter, Cain decided not to dispute the truth. According to an e-mail from the Lone Star Project:
However, when given the opportunity to dispute the video and to demonstrate that it was false, Cain passively acknowledged its accuracy by saying "I am not prepared to discuss things that happened when I was a young kid," and "Again, I do not want to get into my actions as a young man."
Over and over again, Cain was asked to comment about the accusation and over and over again, he declined.
When asked had he supplied the cocaine that lead to his brothers overdose, Cain replied, "I'm not going to answer that."
To date, the post on NuWave has had over 13,004 page views. According to sources, the site had so much traffic it crashed Friday.
In addition, one gentleman went into the NuWave offices to demand the content of the article be taken down. He claimed to be with Raycom media and was representing KLTV in Tyler Texas. He demanded to be compensated $700 for the use of the legally obtained materials hosted by Burnt Orange Report and he presented his Tennessee bar card to coerce, deceive or threaten the NuWave Reporter into removing this damaging post.
These actions late Friday seem to legitimize this story further.
Burnt Orange Report has given NuWave and anyone who would like to use our legally obtained materials the right to use them in any manner they see fit.
The most shocking thing about this story is simply Cain's refusal to deny anything. If the allegations are untrue, why threaten a local media outlet and why not simply say, "the allegations are untrue".
The answer, he can't do that.
Again from the Lone Star Project:
Erwin Cain implicitly acknowledged using and selling drugs and then tried to excuse his actions by inaccurately saying he "was a young kid." Cain was in his mid to late twenties when the events described in the video occurred. Had he been arrested, he would have been tried as an adult.
Most late campaign disclosures don't impact the results of elections. This blockbuster video revealing that Erwin Cain used and sold illegal drugs could be an exception.
With 13,000+ views on a local site, it seems this story is only going to get more traction in the last 8 days.
Mark Homer is a client of GNI Strategies. Neither Homer or his campaign were consulted on the content or distribution of this article and the content in this article represents my views and my views only. |
