NEW: Dems Rip Doherty’s ‘Hypocrisy’ on Bain Capital
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The Rhode Island Democratic Party today responded to Republican Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty’s criticism over Congressman David Cicilline accepting campaign contributions from employees at Bain Capital.
“If Rhode Islanders are wondering how Brendan Doherty would represent them in Washington, they should look no further than his embrace of Mitt Romney and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,” said Bill Fischer, Democratic Party spokesperson. “The Doherty campaign’s audacity to criticize Congressman Cicilline over individual campaign contributions while endorsing the president of Bain Capital is the absolute height of hypocrisy and quite frankly defies logic. Unless he’s reconsidering his support of Mr. Romney.”
Fischer continued: “Mr. Doherty likes to couch himself as a bipartisan candidate, but the reality is quite the opposite. He has gladly endorsed Mitt Romney, who is responsible for the outsourcing of thousands of American jobs while at the helm of Bain Capital. In addition, he has the support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has pumped over a quarter of a million dollars into campaign commercials to support his candidacy.”
