Susan Daggett, a law professor at the University of Denver, appears in a video released Monday by Accuracy in Media, arguing that “the most successful efforts in Washington, D.C., are the ones you never see on the front page of the paper. “ At one point in the video, Daggett agrees and laughs at the two reporters who thought Democrats were disguising a health and climate bill as a law to reduce inflation. (L) Colorado Senate candidate Joe O’Dea (R) Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennett (Getty Images) SENATE CANDIDATE JOE O’DEA SEES ‘CRUSHING’ CRISIS ON BORDER VISIT, BIDEN SAYS, DEMS ‘DOING NOTHING’ “Well, so many great things happened in this bill,” the male reporter said in the video. “Right, don’t talk about it,” Daggett replied. “Just–just–yes.” Earlier in the video, Daggett argued that Democrats could do a better job of getting their more radical agenda passed if they kept quiet about it. “We talk about it for half a second and let the temperatures drop, and then we quietly put some funding into mental health, right, and into interventions that can help and maybe not call it police reform,” he said of the defunding. the police. “There are just strategic ways of doing it that would be just as effective but, you know, not raise the flag.” Democratic Senator Michael Bennett and Republican Joe O’Dea faced off in a debate in the Colorado Senate. (Courtesy: KUSA/9NEWS) The campaign for Republican Joe O’Dea, who is running to unseat Bennett, accused the Bennetts of being “radicals.” “It’s that quiet place loud now,” campaign manager Zack Roday told Fox News Digital in an interview. “Even in the Inflation Reduction Act, I categorically admit that was not the purpose of the legislation and laughing at its title,” he said. “The media and the Democrats called it that until the moment it was passed, and then it became the climate bill, and that’s exactly what Michael Bennett did in terms of the way he talked about it.” “And it’s just so disappointing because that’s exactly what many fear about radical leadership under the Biden-Bennett agenda,” he added. “It’s that they’re really trying to quick-shoot the American people. It’s admitting what has actually been the agenda for the last two years.” The Bennet campaign hit back at the tactics of undercover journalists Accuracy in Media, saying it was “despicable ambush theater”. “This is not journalism, it’s sordid ambush theater,” Bennet campaign manager Justin Lamorte said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “It’s disgusting that Joe O’Dea and his campaign are supporting this tactic. Targeting a candidate’s wife is straight out of Donald Trump’s playbook.” Bennett’s campaign accused reporters of secretly taping Daggett under false pretenses and selectively editing the footage. The campaign said the two unnamed people, one of whom claimed to be a graduate student at the same university where Daggett works, claimed they were searching Bennett’s home when they filmed the video. Accuracy in Media President Adam Guillette hit back at the campaign’s criticism in a statement to Fox News Digital. “I like that police officers wear body cameras,” Guyette said. “And I would love a world where politicians wore cameras. The next best thing is an investigative journalist with a hidden camera.” The Republican campaign’s Roday also commented on the payback of the clip’s police department, saying, “One of the biggest solutions to reducing crime is more police officers.” “We have to defend them,” he said. “We have to give them the funding they need, and that’s part of the reason the Democrats are going to fall tomorrow on November 8 is because they’re just out of touch.” DEM SEN. BENNETT QUIETLY DELETES STATE SENATE ENDORSEMENT ALLEGEDLY VOTED FROM FAKE ADDRESS Joe O’Dea, CEO of a construction company and first-time candidate for office, second from right, celebrates his Republican nomination for U.S. Senate over state Rep. Ron Hanks with his family at Mile High Station in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In the same video, Daggett is also heard saying that she hopes President Biden doesn’t run again in 2024, before later adding that it “will depend a lot on the momentum.” Daggett did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the politics team at Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]
