“The 47 percent is true. It’s bigger now.”
by digby
I’m beginning to think we need some sort of basic qualification test for congress:
A GOP House candidate in Nevada has been caught on tape telling a crowd at a fundraiser that Mitt Romney was right to say that 47 percent of the country freeload off the government. Cresent Hardy, the Republican candidate for Nevada’s 4th district, added that since 2012, when Romney made his remarks, the “47 percent” has only grown.
“Can I say that without getting in trouble, like Governor Romney?” Hardy said, at a fundraiser held last Thursday at the Falcon Ridge Golf Club. “The 47 percent is true. It’s bigger now.”
It’s just bigger.
This fine fellow also says that young people, women and minorities are the reason the country is in trouble and believes the people in “welfare districts” drive Escalades.
It’s amazing how these throwbacks still seem to thrive. You can’t chalk it up to advanced age in his case (like Matt Lewis did about Bundy and Sterling.) He’s still in his 50s.
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