Adam Hamilton
Role at the time: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas and founding pastor of the Church of the Resurrection, in an interview with CNN
Challenged the characterization
Response to this claim
Boys were molested at Adam Hamilton's church camp, his church swept their reports under the rug and welcomed the abuser back, and Hamilton protected a pedophile.
“Absolutely. Like, we should have called the police immediately. But that was not our policies 21 years ago. This is desperate attempts to try to deflect from a horrible record Roger Marshall has.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)CNN: Can a Democrat snap Kansas' 94-year Republican streak and turn Kansas blue? · CNNVideo, 2:04 to 2:46 (Hamilton on the church camp ads)
Why we used this label
The reference point is the super PAC ads' accusations that Marshall and Hamilton protected pedophiles. Hamilton calls the accusations a misrepresentation and says the president is lying while conceding that the church should have called police, which disputes the characterization without denying the underlying events.