This morning, the Democratic National Committee kicked off its “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” Tour in Alexandria, with stops in Richmond and Norfolk later today. The tour, according to the DNC press release (see the “flip” for the full release) “will highlight Mitt Romney’s record of failure as Governor of Massachusetts, the lack of support small businesses received from Governor Romney’s Administration and Romney’s proposed tax hike on middle-class families to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.” That about sums it up, huh? đ
P.S. Click on the image above to “embiggen;” you can see former Rep. Tom Perriello, now director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, on the right.
Democratic National Committee’s “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” Tour II To Kick Off Today With Three Stops in Virginia
In Advance of Romney’s Bus Tour, Democrats Will Go to Alexandria, Richmond, and Norfolk to Highlight Romney’s Failed Record and Vision
Washington, DC—The Democratic National Committee’s “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” Tour II will kick off TODAY, Friday, August 10 at 9:30 a.m. EDT in Alexandria, Virginia and then make stops in Richmond and Norfolk later today. The tour will highlight Mitt Romney’s record of failure as Governor of Massachusetts, the lack of support small businesses received from Governor Romney’s Administration and Romney’s proposed tax hike on middle-class families to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. The DNC’s latest tour represents a reprise of the successful tour by the same name that the DNC conducted in June to respond to Mitt Romney’s tour at the time, which included stops in NH, PA, OH, IA, WI and MI.
Throughout Mitt Romney’s career, middle-class families have frequently found themselves thrown under the bus as a result of his failed record and top-down economic policies. When Romney was Governor of Massachusetts, the number of business startups fell by 10 percent and hit its lowest point during his last year in office. Massachusetts ranked 47thout of 50 in job creation, and Romney hiked taxes and fees by $750 million a year in addition to saddling the Commonwealth with the highest debt per person in the country.
And the policies Mitt Romney has embraced as a candidate would only further erode middle-class security. Mitt Romney would hike taxes on the middle class to pay for massive tax cuts for wealthy Americans like Romney. Independent economists found that Romney’s plan would raise taxes on the average middle-class family with children by $2,000 in order to give hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.
The four-day DNC bus tour will stop in the states that Mitt Romney is visiting, beginning today in Virginia with stops in Alexandria, Richmond and Norfolk and then will continue with multiple stops in North Carolina, Florida and Ohio on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
ALEXANDRIA
WHAT: Press conference launching the DNC’s “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” Tour II to highlight Mitt Romney’s Disastrous Policies for the Middle Class
WHO: Former U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA)
Brad Woodhouse, DNC Communications Director
Massachusetts Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein
Massachusetts Representative David Linsky
Nora Partlow, Owner, St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub in Alexandria, VA
WHEN: TODAY, Friday, August 10 at 9:30 a.m. EDT
WHERE: OFA-VA Alexandria Office
1400 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
RICHMOND
WHAT: Press conference featuring the DNC’s “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” Tour II to highlight Mitt Romney’s Disastrous Policies for the Middle Class
WHO: Del. Jennifer McClellan
Fmr. Gov. Ed Rendell
MA Rep. David Linsky
MA Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
Sharon Dabney-Wooldridge, Small Business Owner
WHEN: TODAY, Friday, August 10 at 1:00 pm EDT
WHERE: Democratic Party of Virginia Headquarters
1710 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23223
NORFOLK
WHAT: Press conference featuring the DNC’s “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” Tour II to highlight Mitt Romney’s Disastrous Policies for the Middle Class
WHO: Fmr. Del. Paula Miller
Fmr. Gov. Ed Rendell
MA Rep. David Linksy
MA Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
WHEN: TODAY, Friday, August 10 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
WHERE: I.L.A. Union Hall
3300 E. Princess Anne Road
Norfolk, VA 23502
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