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Gillespie says he opposes ACA, Kondick say Democrats seek to undermine Republican's credibility by Caelainn Carney | Mar 23 2014 | 21 hours ago

Virginia Democrats launched a campaign website Thursday claiming that Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate for Virginia Senate against incumbent Mark Warner, a Democrat, has been inconsistent in his stance on the Affordable Care Act.

The website, http://www.gillespiecare.com, claims that Gillespie supported aspects of the ACA, such as the individual mandate, when working as a lobbyist in 2007 but expressed opposition to them in 2014.

In bold font across the middle of the page, the site reads, Ed Gillespie will advocate for individual mandate for the right price.

Democratic spokesperson Ashley Bauman said Democrats created the site to highlight inconsistency in Gillespies past political decisions.

The site was create to show the hypocrisy of Gillespies stance on the healthcare mandate, Bauman said.

Gillespie Campaign spokesperson Paul Logan said Ed Gillespie is absolutely against the Affordable Care Act.

Ed opposed Obamacare and its mandates and he would repeal and replace it, Logan said in an email. Mark Warner voted for it, and thinks it should stay. The [Democratic Party of Virginias] attacks have rightly been criticized in the media for so much misrepresentation so early, and this latest attack is no exception.

Bauman said the information used for the website all came from public record and was readily available to the public. Bauman said Democrats think Gillespie previously expressed different opinions about the ACA but has not discussed his reasons for the change.

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land and if hes going to change his stance on the mandate he needs to explain why, Bauman said. I think voters need to know now that he is changing his tune.

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