Colorado Democratic Party

This morning, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined Colorado Democrats as they welcomed Mitt Romney to Colorado for Tuesday’s Republican caucuses, he has no core values, will say anything to get elected, and is out of touch with working and middle-class Americans who just expect that if they work hard and play by the rules that they have a shot at the American Dream.   His extreme positions are wrong for Coloradans – and they know it.

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz told reporters:
“As Romney has shown time and again on the campaign trail, he has no core values, he’ll say anything to get elected, and he’s out of touch with working and middle-class Coloradans. … Romney says that he was a job creator at Bain Capital – when in fact he was a corporate raider who lined his pockets by leading companies to bankruptcy, outsourcing jobs and destroying communities. He was even forced to back off of claims about the number of jobs he did create – a figure, by the way, that Romney seemed to change by the day, when in reality he could not substantiate a single one of them. With that kind of record, it’s not hard to see how Massachusetts fell to 47^th out of 50 in job creation with Mitt Romney at the helm as Governor. When it comes to restoring our economic security, the contrast between President Obama and Mitt Romney could not be clearer.  Just look at the January jobs report released today, showing that under the President’s policies, the economy has added private sector jobs for the 23^rd straight month for a total of 3.7 million jobs over that period.  Furthermore, the American auto industry and the more than 1.4 million jobs it supports were saved, and manufacturing is creating jobs for the first time since the 1990s.”

Colorado Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio remarked:
“We should remember that Mitt Romney and his fellow Republicans didn’t lift a finger in the efforts to help our economy recover. But that won’t stop him from holding an event tomorrow at a facility that took $2.3 million in recovery funds. His political chameleon act will change colors once again to try ignore whatever isn’t convenient right at that moment. The same is true for Mitt Romney’s record in dealing with our Latino communities. Hispanic voters are the fastest-growing voter bloc in the country, and Colorado is a leading example of this, as we saw our Hispanic population grow by 41% in the past decade. But with his extreme rhetoric on immigration during televised debates rejecting our history as a nation of immigrants, Mitt Romney has alienated millions of Hispanic voters across the country.”

Commerce City City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tempore Dominick Moreno added:
“As a local representative, I’m in tune with what’s happening neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. Colorado has the ninth highest rate of foreclosures in the country. Mitt Romney’s approach to the housing crisis is a failed one, and the contrast with President Obama could not be clearer.  Following through on the commitment he made during his State of the Union address, the President has sent Congress a broad refinancing plan that would let responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars a month and an average of $3,000 per year.  Meanwhile, Mitt Romney hasn’t offered a single proposal to lend a hand to America’s struggling homeowners, make it easier for them to refinance their homes or help them avoid foreclosure.  Instead, earlier this week we saw him double down on the outrageous statement he made late last year: that we should let the housing market hit rock bottom.  Let it hit bottom – let homeowners lose their homes and let the banks make a quick buck from the wreckage of middle class families.”  

For a recording of this morning’s call, please click here.