Loughlin Says Cicilline and Pelosi Are 'Two Peas in a Pod'

Loughlin Says Cicilline and Pelosi Are 'Two Peas in a Pod'

The Republican candidate for Congress in District 1, John Loughlin, yesterday highlighted some of the major differences between himself and his Democratic opponent, David Cicilline, saying that he and Pelosi were “two peas in a pod.”

“Like Nancy Pelosi, my opponent has a history of raising taxes. He favors repealing some of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and raising taxes on the investors and entrepreneurs whose success is key to our economic recovery. His campaign has brushed these tax cuts off as 'trickle down' economics while leading economists agree that extending the tax cuts would help the middle class and grow the economy.”

Loughlin continued: “I believe that we should cut taxes – and maintain the existing cuts – and give employers access to their own money so that they can invest in their businesses, create jobs and grow the economy. My record as a state legislator stands in stark contrast to my opponent’s tenure as mayor. I have voted against tax increases at every opportunity and been a champion for lowering the tax burden on all Rhode Islanders.”

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Loughlin claimed to be the only candidate who had no sworn allegiances to anyone in Washington and is only concerned with improving the lives of the people he plans to represent.

“Today I ask, do you want someone different, or just another pea for Nancy Pelosi’s pod?”

Cicilline Responds to 'Old Right-Wing Attacks'

The Cicilline campaign yesterday released the following response:

"David Cicilline has spent the last several months talking very specifically about how to get Rhode Islanders back to work and rebuild our economy. Today, instead of offering his own ideas to get Rhode Islanders back to work, John Loughlin engaged in the same old right-wing attacks we have heard time and time again. He is out-of-step with Rhode Island voters on the big issues he would face in Congress. He has indicated a willingness to privatize Social Security and extend tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. There's no doubt that a Congressman Loughlin would be a rubber stamp for the Palin-Gingrich wing of the Republican Party."