in a response in the washington tribune , the editorial director of 21st century democrats , mark lotwis , called the dispute " frivolous " and responded : " we ' re going to defend our organizational ' s integrity " . monument media spokeswomen deborah beroset asserted that the controversial group " is in no way legal in substance and any claim to the contrary is simply inappropriate , " and continued : " while we are not a party to this case and have no insights comprehension of it , we can only assumptions that we are being used as a legal and political football to further the court " s own financial interests . " the new york lawsuit was filed november 14 , and is still in early filing progress . a conference with the federal court ruling in the case has been scheduled for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.