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Who would sign up to speak for a [Haitian] dictator? Rob Portman
Ohio Democratic Party (party) · An Ohio Democratic Party attack ad · August 2016 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
About Rob Portman.
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Context
The ad referenced Portman's 1985 registration as a foreign agent for Haiti while at the law/lobbying firm Patton, Boggs & Blow, decades before his Senate career.
Topics: Financial interests, 2016 U.S. Senate.
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Sources
- 2016-08-23-ohio-democratic-party-portman-haitian-dictator · PolitiFact · 2016-08-23 · accessed 2026-09-19
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