It’s Been Widely Reported That President Obama Recruited Richard Carmona
After being the only Democrat in the entire country to be personally recruited by President Barack Obama, this past weekend Democrat Richard Carmona went out of his way to try to rewrite history and told 3TV in Phoenix that the campaigner-in-chief did not recruit him.
The reality is that it’s widely known that President Obama personally called Carmona and successfully persuaded him to run for office. Additionally, Mr. Obama said that Carmona – who supports ObamaCare, which cut $700 billion from Medicare – would shake up the race in the Grand Canyon State. Carmona even admitted these facts as recently as two months ago.
As 3TV Phoenix reports:
Notably, this isn’t the first time Carmona has tried to mislead Arizonans, as last month he bizarrely denied that President Obama even called him during the recruiting process.
“It is strange that Richard Carmona denies being called and recruited by President Obama after confirming these facts as recently as two months ago,”said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “The reality is President Obama wants Carmona in the Senate because he knows that he will be a loyal supporter of his liberal agenda, including Obamacare which cut $700 billion from Medicare.”
BACKGROUND …
President Barack Obama & Democrat Leader Harry Reid Personally Recruited Richard Carmona
- “On September 23, President Obama called Richard Carmona to encourage him to run,” said one Democratic strategist. (Alexander Burns, Obama courts Ariz. Senate candidate, may contest state ‘heavily’, Politico, 10/06/11)
- Carmona is one of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s favorite candidates and was personally courted by President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to get into the race. (David Catanese, Bivens clears the way for Carmona, Politico, 3/27/2012)
- Obama personally called Carmona and asked him to run, and Carmona told The Hill in February that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (Wash.) were also among those who reached out to court him. (Josh Lederman, Democrat Bivens drops out of Arizona Senate primary, clearing way for Carmona, The Hill, 3/27/2010)
