Vitter is now playing defense after the allegations arose following a recent campaign stop in New Orleans. According to reports, an unidentified woman stood up while he was speaking to supporters at a rally in downtown New Orleans and shouted that he is, in fact, a politician.
Spectators at the event claim they heard the woman say that Vitter—who is a candidate for governor—told her he is a politician when she didn’t recognize him at a New Orleans Chamber of Commerce function in 1999.
Recent polls show Vitter somehow leading a field of nine candidates for governor, and will likely advance to a runoff election in November.
“I can only guess that my opponents are getting extremely nervous,” said Vitter. “They know they are struggling, so they resort to saying I’m a politician. This is a desperate, nasty, personal attack.”
When asked if the allegations hold any truth, Vitter only said he had to go to another rally in Baton Rouge.
The next day, a spokesman for the Vitter campaign contacted Neutral Ground News and firmly denied the allegations, saying there is “zero legitimacy” to the claims, which come in the waning days of the race for governor.
“Senator Vitter finds the allegations to be absolutely appalling. He has never been a politician, nor does he have any intentions of ever becoming one…He’s a public servant.”