Hmmm...What party do the majority of these MOOCHING red states always vote for?
SCOTT BROWN SHUNS ROMNEY’S ’47 PERCENT’ COMMENTSSen. Scott Brown (R-MA) is dissociating himself from Mitt Romney’s comments about the “47 percent” who he says “believe that they are victims.” In a statement to The Hill, Brown said, “That’s not the way I view the world.” Brown is following the lead of another Republican vying for the Senate in a heavily Democratic area, Linda McMahon.
Toxic: GOP Senate Candidate Speaks Out Against Romney’s ’47 Percent’ CommentsLinda McMahon, the pro-wrestler-turned-Connecticut-senate-candidate whose race has been neck-and-neck for months, distanced herself from Mitt Romney on Tuesday, one day after his assertion that, “There are 47 percent of the people… who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims… my job is is not to worry about those people.” She is the first major Republican candidate to do so.
In a statement from her campaign, McMahon offered a strong indictment of Romney’s sentiment, saying that she disagrees with his “insinuation,”and pointing out that — presumably unlike Mitt Romney — her family has struggled in life:
I disagree with Governor Romney’s insinuation that 47% of Americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government for their care. I know that the vast majority of those who rely on government are not in that situation because they want to be. People today are struggling because the government has failed to keep America competitive, failed to support job creators, and failed to get our economy back on track.
I am sympathetic to the struggles that millions of Americans are going through because I’ve been there.
As a young couple Vince and I lost our home and our car. With two small children it was not an easy time for my family.