Monday, July 22, 2019

Embattled GOP rep receives cease-and-desist letter from the Marines

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/embattled-gop-rep-receives-cease-and-desist-letter-the-marines?fbclid=IwAR2EPWx__mp9ryq2DfsWyxTqVMfpiS57XQk-EM1xz0Gvy7XHRlNRVFyIVks
"The Marine Corps has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., for using the official Corps emblem and phrase on campaign mailers that link his likely 2020 opponent and two Democratic congresswomen to terror. In a letter to Hunter obtained by NBC News, the Marine Corps Trademark Licensing Office tells the congressman, “It has come to our attention that your campaign is using the official USMC Eagle, Globe and Anchor (Emblem) and the phrase ‘No Better Friend, NO Worse Enemy’ (Phrase) as an integral part of your political campaign, namely, on at least one fundraising mailer to your constituents.” The letter, dated Tuesday, demands that Hunter’s campaign “immediately remove the Emblem and the Phrase from its mailers, and, without limitation, from all other campaign materials including websites and other instances where the Emblem or the Phrase are being used. We also request that you provide us with a timetable as to your compliance with our requests"."