ANOTHER “FOOT-IN-MOUTH” EXAMPLE FROM THE GOP!

This is only one of many examples of the Republican’s in congress making stupid statements.

I just love it when the conservatives in congress talk about their views on what is best for Americans as they regularly open their mouths and insert various parts of their anatomy.

As an example, the Republican Congressman Cresent Hardy, while speaking to a Libertarian Party Expo in Las Vegas, Rep. Hardy inserted his foot-firmly-in-his-mouth when he basically stated that, “People with disabilities are a drain on society.”

Yep, he actually did say that.

He came to this conclusion while talking about his family.

“I have three children,” Hardy explains. “One of them is summa cum laude and two were magnum cum laude. The other one, he didn’t need an education. He works for Raytheon, smarter than all the rest. He works hard, he builds things that are genius. Some people have that ability.  But they all work hard. They are raising their own families,” he continued. “They will not be a drain on society. Hopefully they will never have some disability that causes them to be a drain on society”

Needless to say, in a district where Obama had won by 10 points, the Democrats in Nevada have some prominent prospects that are running to unseat Rep. Hardy, and they had something to say about his comments.

In fact, the Nevada State Democratic Party spokesperson, Zach Hudson, offered the following: “If Cresent Hardy wants to talk about ‘drains on society,’ he should point a finger at his buddy, the deadbeat rancher [that doesn’t recognize the United States as his country],  Cliven Bundy, not at disabled children.  Hardy has also compared non-discrimination laws to ‘segregation,’ he agreed with Mitt Romney that 47% of the American people are ‘freeloaders,’ and now he’s called children with disabilities a ‘drains on society.’  Cresent Hardy’s comments are outrageous and he owes an immediate apology to every Nevadan with a disability.”

If Cresent Hardy is representative of what the GOP wants to offer as their Representatives for hard working Americans, then I say “send them on” and the Republican Party will continue to shrink as they have for the last 40 years.

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