Original sentence: In 2011 a spokesman for the Illinois based Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees criticized SPN as  a "string of rubber-stamp front groups”
Edited sentence: In 2011 a spokesman for the Illinois based Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees criticized SPN as "string of rubber-stamp front groups...that are all part of a franchise operation...They all repackage the same tired right-wing talking points and try to resell them to unsuspecting reporters and citizens”