Mike Lee’s staffers, supporters and family reserved tickets to this year’s U.S. Senate debate hours before McMullin’s team was made aware the reservation link was live.
Lee’s staffers, supporters and family reserved tickets to this year’s U.S. Senate debate hours before McMullin’s team was made aware the reservation link was live.
The pro-Lee attendees were so disruptive at times that moderator Doug Wright of KSL Radio repeatedly asked the crowd to refrain from interrupting the debate.According to documents obtained through an open records request by The Salt Lake Tribune, Lee’s closest advisors and supporters reserved tickets to the Oct. 17 U.S. Senate debate — the only debate between the senator and McMullin — hours before the McMullin’s campaign and fans were aware the reservation website was active.
DeSart replied that the debate commission “automatically sets aside tickets for the campaigns,” and Lee’s team should work with Erik Nielsen, the commission’s executive director, to secure those tickets. Nielsen, with the debate commission, emailed the link to Matt Lusty, Lee’s campaign manager, and Andrew Roberts, who leads McMullin’s campaign, at 6:41 pm. That was the first time, according to records and a statement from Neilson, the debate organizer shared the ticketing link with either campaign.
The Tribune identified more than a dozen current and former Lee staffers and interns who snapped up tickets in the first 30 minutes after the link went live.
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