PORTLAND — Today, Bobby Charles will campaign with failed businessman and Republican candidate Jonathan Bush, who spent the GOP primary ripping Charles as an inexperienced, dishonest DC lobbyist who has no business being governor. Bush didn’t just criticize Charles. He absolutely eviscerated him.

Here’s a reminder of what Bush had to say about his new campaign buddy:

• “Bobby Charles says he’s going to cut $4 billion in taxes because he hasn’t run anything before”

• “We need a CEO and not a lobbyist”

• “The only non-lobbying job he’s had in the last 27 years”

• “Bobby, with respect, hasn’t run anything in a very long time except for a small lobbying firm”

• “If you need a lobbyist in D.C., Bobby Charles might just be your guy”

• “There’s only one candidate that has not been honest about who he is, and that’s Bobby Charles.”

• “To distract from his flailing campaign, 25-year DC lobbyist Bobby Charles continues to lie”

• “25-year DC lobbyist Bobby Charles consistently inflates his resume”
  
  

Statement from Maine Democratic Spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen:

“Jonathan Bush spent the Republican primary making one thing crystal clear: Bobby Charles is a shady DC lobbyist who can’t be trusted to be governor. Mainers won’t fall for this pathetic, last ditch effort to fake solidarity in the ninth inning.”