Steve Southerland Becomes First Target Of Democrats Post-Shutdown
Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.) has the dubious distinction of being Democrats' first target in the aftermath of the government shutdown.
House Majority PAC, a super PAC that aims to help Democrats win control of the House of Representatives, released a TV ad on Monday hitting Southerland for voting against the bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.
"These guys don't get it -- their games are hurting real people," says the narrator. "Yet when Congress finally ended the shutdown, Steve Southerland voted no. He voted to let the country default on its obligations."
The ad also lambastes Southerland for saying his $174,000 salary is "not so much."
"Steve Southerland's reckless Tea Party government shutdown cost our economy $24 billion, yet rather than back a bipartisan plan to end this manmade debacle, Southerland actually voted to drive our nation off an economic cliff, Andy Stone, communications director for House Majority PAC, said in a statement. "The jobs, retirement accounts and wellbeing of families, seniors and veterans in north and northwest Florida apparently didnt merit Steve Southerland's concern -- even though Southerland was still getting his taxpayer-funded salary."
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