Las Vegas is target of yet another Obama off-handed remark
Distributed by the Nevada Republican Party
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — President Barack Obama yesterday openly discouraged people from coming to Las Vegas, the second
President Obama's remark about Las Vegas
time he has done so in the past year. The Nevada Republican Party strongly condemned the President for his latest attack, and is demanding an immediate, public apology by the President for his statement.
"President Obama has illustrated, yet again, his willingness to pit some parts of the country against others in order to score cheap political points," said Nevada Republican Party Chairman Dr. Christopher Comfort. "President Obama is clearly out of touch with Nevada's hard-working, tax-paying citizens, if he can so casually undermine the economic engine of the state of Nevada."
President Obama's remarks came yesterday at a town-hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, where the President was attempting to spell out his priorities as to how people should spend their money. "You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college," the President said. In reaction to the statement, Nevada Senator Harry Reid responded by encouraging the President to refrain from making further such comments. However, Chairman Comfort called Reid's denouncement far too little, far too late.
"Harry Reid has been a rubber stamp for a whole host of dreadful policies from this administration that have hurt Nevada's business and families," Comfort said. "His sudden supposed concern for Nevadan's economic well-being rings hollow when we see him vote consistently and recklessly to send more of our tax dollars to Washington, D.C."
Voters are beginning to take notice of President Obama's disregard for the state of Nevada, a fact that will contribute to their rejection of Democratic candidates come November, Comfort said.
"The Democratic Party leaders have been in lockstep with this President since he took office one year ago," Comfort said. "Their support for his policies and refusal to denounce the administration's countless flagrant remarks about various groups of people in this country will be a reason voters turn to common-sense Republicans to represent them, both in Carson City and in Washington, D.C."
"President Obama has illustrated, yet again, his willingness to pit some parts of the country against others in order to score cheap political points," said Nevada Republican Party Chairman Dr. Christopher Comfort. "President Obama is clearly out of touch with Nevada's hard-working, tax-paying citizens, if he can so casually undermine the economic engine of the state of Nevada."
