Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer recently joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in calling town hall protestors as "simply un-American." Now a Montgomery County Delegate has gone even farther in his criticism of "criticism."
The Baltimore Examiner quotes Maryland Delegate Saqib Ali (D-LD 39) as tweeting on his Facebook page as saying: "If they drop the Public Option, then the terrorists will have won."
"Delegate Ali's comments labeling opponents to the so-called Public Option Health Plan as "terrorists" marks a new low in the public debate," said Montgomery County Republican Chairman Mark Uncapher. "Voters expect a reasoned debate, not this insulting name calling. Public Option Health Plan opponents include many Republicans, Independents, moderate and centrist
Democrats."
Responding to criticism, Delegate Ali told the Examiner that he was "only using a rhetorical device" and that the terrorists he was referring to were Al-Qaida terrorists, not health-care protestors.
Perhaps those of Delegate Ali's constituents who oppose a government-run public option will take comfort in his explanation, but then again maybe not.
MCGOP CONVENTION!