DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Statement on Results of Nevada Republican Caucus
Washington,
DC—Democratic
National
Committee
Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the
following statement tonight on the results of the Republican caucus in
Nevada:
“This week we’ve seen more evidence of the candidate
who will say anything to get elected. On every issue important to
Nevadans and all Americans– from jobs and housing to immigration –Mitt
Romney might try to tell voters what they want to hear, but the fact is
he’s on the wrong side of the issues.
“Romney is running on his
private sector experience and job creation record, but what he won’t
tell voters is that he was actually a corporate raider who lined his
pockets by running companies into the ground, closing factories, firing
workers and sending jobs overseas. He’s tried to pander to
Hispanic
voters, when he’s already called the DREAM Act a ‘handout’ and promised
to veto it if he had the chance. And he says he wants to help
America’s struggling homeowners, but he hasn’t offered a single plan to
do so – what’s worse, earlier this week he doubled down on the
outrageous statement he originally made in Nevada that we should let
the foreclosure process ‘hit the bottom.’
“But Mitt Romney’s
failed agenda isn’t just wrong for Nevadans – it’s wrong for the entire
country. Every week, every contest, everywhere he goes, Romney
has
shown he’s out of touch with the needs of the middle class and doesn’t
understand what American families are going through. In Florida,
he
said the banks are feeling the same pain as families are feeling –
going into Nevada, he said he isn’t concerned about the very poor.
“The
truth is we’re ready to face any of the Republican candidates because
they are all fundamentally flawed, and they all support the policies of
the past that drove our economy to the brink of collapse. But
thanks
to President Obama’s leadership, we are starting to dig ourselves
out.
So while the GOP field keeps trying to drag our country backward, the
President will continue to move America forward – and come November,
the choice for voters will be crystal-clear.”