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Democrats went on the attack against New Hampshire Rep. Frank Guinta (R) for attending a fundraising luncheon this week at which Donald Trump was the keynote speaker.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) sought to link Guinta, a first-term Republican from a competitive district, with Trump, the bombastic real estate mogul and TV star who's flirting with running for the GOP presidential nomination.

Trump, who's surged in the polls in part due to his open questioning of President Obama's stated birthplace, visited the first-in-the-nation primary state on Wednesday.

Guinta attended one of the fundraising events at which Trump spoke, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The congressman paid $1,000 to attend, but the event was not a fundraiser for Trump, who hasn't filed the paperwork to allow him to begin raising money for a campaign.

But the DCCC sought to link the two with an email release entitled "Guinta Picks Trump for President," and an accompanying statement.

“Over the last few weeks, New Hampshire voters have seen Representative Frank Guinta’s vision of the future, an America where seniors are left without Medicare and Donald Trump sits in the White House,” said DCCC Northeast Press Secretary Josh Schwerin. “As if his vote to give millionaires like Donald Trump massive tax cuts wasn’t enough, Representative Frank Guinta further showed his disconnect from the middle class by paying $1,000 for an exclusive lunch.”
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