Harry Reid: Mitt Romney Trip To Louisiana 'Height Of Hypocrisy'
The Huffington Post | By Elise Foley Posted: 08/31/2012 4:15 pm Updated: 08/31/2012 4:40 pm
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday for traveling to Louisiana to survey damage left by Hurricane Isaac, saying his vice presidential pick aimed to block disaster relief last fall as a member of the House of Representatives.
"It is the height of hypocrisy for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to make a pretense of showing sympathy for the victims of Hurricane Isaac when their policies would leave those affected by this disaster stranded and on their own," Reid said in a statement
<snip>
But Reid didn't see it that way. He used the visit as an opportunity to bring up Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget, which he said would "gut disaster funding, making it much harder to get aid to our fellow Americans in their time of need."
"This is yet another example of Mitt Romney's extreme right wing agenda, which asks middle class families to sacrifice in order to protect millionaires and billionaires from paying their fair share," Reid said.
<snip>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/harry-reid-mitt-romney_n_1847708.html
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/paul-ryan-mitt-romney-tampa-fema