Tom Foley Just Doesn’t Get It

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2012
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Tom Foley Just Doesn’t Get It

(Hartford, Connecticut)  In the wake of Mitt Romney's now-infamous 47% comment, Tom Foley today has shown that he is cut from the same cloth as the failed presidential candidate.  Today, gubernatorial candidate Foley referred to average Connecticut residents - including military veterans - as "little people."

"Tom Foley just doesn't get it. Like Mitt Romney, he doesn't understand the challenges that average hardworking people face,” said Nancy DiNardo, chairwoman of the Connecticut Democratic Party.  “He is just another out of touch vulture capitalist who sees the average resident as something less.  It's a toxic world view that the voters of this country rejected just a few weeks ago.  And if ambassador Foley runs again, he’ll find out exactly what the voters of Connecticut think of his economic philosophy." 

Today, Ambassador Foley said: "Now they're hurting the little people in the state; alzheimer's funding, the children's fund, the disabled, vets."

In September, it was reported that Mitt Romney said the following at a swanky fundraiser:

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them."

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