By WPRO News
Former Democratic Party Chair Bill Lynch became the third Democrat to defend House GOP Leader Patricia Morgan in her effort to obtain Google settlement records from Attorney General Peter Kilmartin.
Morgan previously spent $3,750 on a request for records on how Google settlement money was spent, and last week, images of blacked-out documents she received as a result of the request circulated on social media. Lynch called on Kilmartin to apologize to Morgan, produce the records free of charge, and suggested that other officials may not have been made to “jump through hoops” to obtain information.
Lynch also took issue with a Kilmartin spokesperson referring to Morgan as “Patty Morgan.”
“For the Attorney General to demean her, I think in a sexist way, and sort of dismiss her as referring to her as ‘Patty’, I think was an insult not only to Representative Morgan but to all of us,” Lynch told WPRO’s Matt Allen. “I think it was meant intentionally to be insulting and demeaning to her as a woman, as a female representative, and I think particularly in this day in age it’s highly inappropriate and really disgraceful to resort to that,” Lynch said.
Morgan stopped short of calling the remarks sexist, but said Kilmartin’s office has displayed a pattern of being “demeaning.”
“I’ve called them out repeatedly over the last seven months over the Google funds, but it has always been this kind of a snarky, insulting reply from them. They really don’t believe that they need to be transparent or accountable,” she told Matt.
Last week, Democratic Representatives Robert Jacquard and Gregory Costantino also publicly sided with Morgan.
WPRO has reached out to the Attorney General’s office for comment. Kilmartin’s office previously stated it would not give Morgan “special treatment,” and said it’s complying with all state public records requirements and regulations regarding the Google settlement.
