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Herman Cain Blames Rick Perry Campaign for Leaking Sexual Harrassment Scandal, Perry Denies it Blames Mitt Romney

WHO'S TO BLAME?

GOP candidates point fingers in Cain sexual harassment scandal.

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As the Herman Cain sexual harassment accusations continue to roll in, the GOP candidate has a theory about who’s behind the all the nasty press. Cain claims consultant Curt Anderson, a recent addition to Rick Perry’s camp, leaked his previously unheard of scandal to the press. Cain told Anderson about the 1990s accusations when he was running for Senate back in 2004. “The actions of the Perry campaign are despicable,” Mark Block, Cain’s chief of staff, told Fox News. Perry’s camp not only denied having anything to do with the leak but also suggested fellow presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is actually to blame. Three women have now come forward alleging that Cain harassed them while working at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

Read it at The Washington Post