WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has declined to call on his supporters to stop heckling President Barack Obama’s campaign.
He told Fox News Radio on Tuesday that he doesn’t believe in “unilateral disarmament,” but said it would “be a nice thing” if both sides would stop yelling at each other during campaign events.
Over the weekend, Obama adviser David Axelrod condemned anti-Romney heckling during the Republican candidate’s bus tour, which ends Tuesday in Michigan.
Romney was asked if he would also condemn heckling during Obama events. He declined.
Responding to Romney later Tuesday, the Obama campaign said it had sent a strong message to its supporters that the campaign should be about an open exchange of ideas, not drowning out the other side by heckling and crashing events.
“Campaigns are a reflection of their candidate,” said Ben LaBolt, the Obama campaign’s spokesman. “Mitt Romney has a different view, endorsing heckling.”
Axelrod was heckled aggressively by Romney supporters during a news conference last month in Boston. Romney supporters also regularly drive a campaign bus around to Obama events and honk the horn repeatedly.
Romney said Tuesday that American politics has a “long history of heckling and free speech.”
Lets face it Romney is a jerk and this shows that not only is he a jerk he can’t make a decision without the approval of his handlers and his large money supporters. This would be something to look forward to if he is elected, he’ll need to call the Koch Bros., Sheldon Adeleson (sp), Foster Friese and all the other million dollar plus supporters. Doesn’t it make you wonder what these people expect for the millions of dollars they are giving Romney and his SuperPacs? I guarantee they are not giving this money for their love for Romney they will be looking for paybacks such as lower taxes, less rules and regulations, etc.
Good boy Mitt. These marxists want to dictate
who can say what and when. But not one of them
steps up to the podium when their useful idiots and
especially the media, smear people and use very
degrading comments…especially about WOMEN.
Oh, yes, forgot…there is a war on women, repubs hate them.