CNN Reports On Alison Grimes' Hugh Jass Hypocrisy

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CNN aired a report today on Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes and the apparent disconnect between what she preaches and what her family practices. The Democrat has made raising the minimum wage one of her key issues, one she recently hammered on during the one and only debate between herself and Senator Mitch McConnell. But as it turns out, her own family is one of those business paying that "non-living wage".

"I'm fighting for all Kentuckians, all working Americans across this nation. I don't believe $7.25 an hour raises a family of four above the poverty level," says Grimes. However, CNN reports that "her family's burger joint pays some tipped staffers minimum wage." It's a point that Grimes was happy to dodge.

"My family is not in this race. I'm on the ballot. And as much as Mitch McConnell wants to attack my family, he has from the beginning, I'm going to stay focused on the issues. And for me, it's about making sure that hard working Kentuckians have a bright future. And that future includes having not just a minimum wage, but a living wage."

Even better, Grimes has repeatedly played the gender card, calling Republicans and in particular Mitch McConnell "sexist," even going so far as to imply he was opposed to protecting women from violence. But as the report from CNN above shows, her family's business, for which she has provided legal work, doesn't seem to jive at all with the feminist empowerment movement Grimes is playing to for campaign donations.

The restaurant, cutely called Hugh Jass, uses as much double entendre as possible in pursuit of capitalist aims. They sell "Charlotte's Rack," which is named after her mother's ... name. And they have "Abby's Hugh Jass," which is named for her sister.

Grimes, however, doesn't think any of this is worth reporting. Or mentioning. Or answering questions about. When CNN tried, she got her Hugh Jass right on the bus.

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