Fresh off her private meeting with Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid and the well-to-do liberal donors in Martha’s Vineyard, reporters finally caught up with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. Grimes appeared every bit as unprepared as she did during her disastrous campaign rollout. In puzzling comments in which she tried and failed to distance herself from President Obama (whose agenda she ardently supported just last year as she worked to reelect him) Grimes admitted that ObamaCare is in fact “flawed” but believes efforts to dismantle and repeal it are a “waste of time.” The majority of Kentuckians disagree. “Alison Lundergan Grimes recognizes the significant and devastating flaws in ObamaCare, but believes it is a waste of her time to do anything about it,” said NRSC Press Secretary Brook Hougesen. “Grimes’ ho-hum attitude toward the unpopular ObamaCare law puts her directly at odds with Kentucky residents, and is the latest sign…
Braley Silent As Local Businesses & Workers Struggle Under ObamaCare
Over the last several years, Iowa families, workers and businesses have heard about the disastrous implications that ObamaCare will have on them and the economy, but today, Iowans in Sioux City are seeing first-hand the disastrous impact of Congressman Bruce Braley’s health care takeover. According to the Sioux City Journal: “Citing concerns about the new federal health insurance law, Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield said Wednesday it will shutter its First Administrators office in Sioux City, eliminating 106 jobs.” Now that the ObamaCare reality is far from Bruce Braley’s promise of “legislation [that] will provide much-needed relief for thousands of businesses,” he’s silent. In fact, Braley is running as fast as he can from the taxes, mandates, and fees imposed by his vote. SHOT Braley Said The Health Care Law Would Be Good For Iowa: “After reading the bill, listening to my constituents and debating the bill’s provisions in Congress, I’m…
Statement on Kentucky Senate Announcement & 2014
Statement from the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s Executive Director Rob Collins on Alison Lundergan Grimes’ announcement to enter the 2014 Kentucky Senate race: “Mitch McConnell has always put the people of Kentucky first and will keep fighting for them no matter how hard the liberal left tries to stop him. Senator McConnell is engaged in the most innovative, modern, and effective campaign in history and will make the case that conservative ideas will protect Kentucky from the radical assault on their livelihood being waged by President Obama, Harry Reid and Alison Lundergan Grimes. “Just last year, Alison Lundergan Grimes stood proudly at the Democratic National Convention to nominate Barack Obama, who has followed through on his promise to destroy the coal industry; in essence declared a war on the state of Kentucky and the middle class families who call it home. Kentuckians have absolutely no reason to send Alison Lundergan…
Alison Lundergan Grimes Still Silent After Democrats Declare War on Coal
48 Hours after President Obama announced that he’d bypass Congress and implement a radical climate change plan that even some other Democrats have called a “War on Coal,” a “War on Jobs,” and a “War on America,” Alison Lundergan Grimes remains utterly silent. This extreme agenda will destroy jobs in Kentucky, raise costs for middle class families, and drown small businesses with red tape and regulation. It empowers the bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency – who have little to no clue about the struggles folks in Kentucky face. Over the past two days, Grimes’ silence makes clear that Kentuckians simply can’t count on her to stand up against her own party to protect them. A look at Grimes’ past reveals an Obama Loyalist who has always embraced his radical agenda. Even when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid attacked the coal industry – which provides 93% of the electricity production…
Hagan Hedges… Students Suffer
Just ten days ago, red state Democratic Senator Kay Hagan admitted that “students cannot afford any more debt” and that a long-term solution is necessary. But when the rubber hits the road and with only a few days left before student loan rates are set to double, do-nothing Kay Hagan can’t help but hedge – even if that means toeing the extreme party line rather than rally behind a long-term solution to help North Carolina college students who are already struggling to stay above water. The old “Hagan Hedge,” strikes again! Earlier today Hagan teamed up with a liberal left all-star team including Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Tom Harkin to push a temporary band aid fix that fails to help students long-term. Meanwhile a bipartisan group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents are working to find a long-term solution. Even Democrats recognize how out of touch the Reid-Hagan…
NRSC Chairman Moran Statement on Massachusetts Election
Statement from Senator Jerry Moran (KS), Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, on the outcome of tonight’s Massachusetts Special Election to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat: “My congratulations and thanks to Gabriel Gomez for running an excellent campaign. I am extremely proud the NRSC invested so heavily – and worked so hard – to elect a first generation American, Latino, Navy SEAL and family man to represent Massachusetts in the Senate. Today marks the end of the first mile in the marathon to permanently fill the Massachusetts Senate seat. Gabriel Gomez is well prepared to win that marathon over the next 16 months. “Gabriel has much to be proud of. He brought much needed energy, fresh perspective, and remarkable enthusiasm to this race. He gave Ed Markey the toughest fight of his 40 year career and forced Democrats and far-left special interest groups to spend millions of dollars and…
Obama Administration Inflames Illegal Recording Scandal
The case involving Democrat operatives (who have ties to the White House and Alison Lundergan Grimes) who illegally recorded Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and leaked the tape to Mother Jones is now before the Justice Department. But, as Politico reports this morning, “Justice Department prosecutors in Washington are now part of a high-profile criminal investigation into the secret taping at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign headquarters in Louisville… “ Here’s where things get interesting: “Any attempts to subpoena evidence from Curtis Morrison — a liberal activist who surreptitiously taped McConnell and his aides at a campaign meeting in February — would most likely need the personal approval of Attorney General Eric Holder…. which require Holder to approve subpoenas for journalists. … While reporters may not break the law to gather news, an indictment of Morrison would also be fraught with potential legal land mines because of his status as…
NRSC Launches Search Party: Have you seen Ed Markey?
Washington, D.C. – The National Republican Senatorial Committee is continuing to raise questions about Markey’s residence in Maryland, running promoted Facebook search ads for Democratic candidate Edward John Markey, who “was last seen leaving his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland to campaign for a Senate seat in Massachusetts.” Ed Markey, a 20 year resident of Chevy Chase, listed his Maryland home as his primary residence until 2002, when he first began thinking of running for John Kerry’s seat in the Senate. He has been a full-time resident and nuisance neighbor in Chevy Chase, Maryland for more than 20 years, but now has revealed that he filed taxes in Massachusetts – even though he most certainly stayed over 183 days in his Maryland home – a number that signifies residency under Maryland Law. (NOTE: The average number of days per year the House has been in session since 1976 is 140…
Markey’s Unredacted Tax Returns Raise More Questions
Washington, D.C. – Following immense pressure to come clean with Massachusetts voters about his residency, his taxes, and the lies he told during last night’s debate for the special election Senate seat, Democrat Ed Markey today released his unredacted tax forms which raise serious questions over Markey’s residency. FACT: Ed Markey listed his Chevy Chase home as his primary residence until 2002, when he first began thinking of taking John Kerry’s seat in the Senate. He has lived full-time in Chevy Chase, Maryland for over 20 years now, but now has revealed that he filed taxes in Massachusetts – even though he most certainly stayed over 183 days in his Maryland home – a number that signifies residency under Maryland Law. According to Maryland residency law and the public record, serious questions remain about Markey’s place of residency, place of domicile, and whether he owes Maryland state taxes for having…
Markey’s Major Tax Gaffe: The Redacted Residency Tax Lie
Washington, D.C. – Last night in the final debate of the Massachusetts special election, voters watched as Democrat Ed Markey struggled to defend disturbing revelations over redacted tax forms that hide the truth that Markey resides in Maryland. In a desperate attempt to cover his tracks, Markey went so far as to flat out lie to Massachusetts voters about his primary residence. With less than a week remaining in the race, Ed Markey must come clean about his residency, his taxes, and his lies. The Boston Globe reports this morning, “Markey said his address had been redacted on his tax forms due to an accountant’s error. Throughout the campaign, Markey has faced questions about whether his primary residence is in Massachusetts or Maryland.” REPEAT: Markey blamed his accountant and claimed that he’s lived in the same house in Malden for the last 64 years. The truth is, Ed Markey has…
