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 |
