Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart did not say Monday whether he would cut ties with adviser Rick Shaftan. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)A controversial campaign consultant working for Virginia GOP Senate candidate Corey A. Stewart faced fresh scrutiny Monday after several social media posts showed him calling majority-black cities “s---holes,” while at least one more post bemoaned the South’s loss of the Civil War. The social media posts, first highlighted Monday by the Daily Beast, are another headache for Stewart’s campaign over ties to people who have promoted racist policies or messages. [Senate candidate Corey Stewart said New York Times reporter broke into aide’s apartment]Stewart, the chairman of Prince William County’s Board of Supervisors — who says he doesn’t hold racist beliefs — declined Monday to say whether he would sever ties with Shaftan. Martin Luther King Jr.Shaftan’s political consulting firm, Atlantic Media & Research, was paid $88,600 by the Stewart campaign in recent months to buy advertising space, according to Stewart’s most recent campaign filing.

Source: Washington Post July 30, 2018 21:52 UTC