JeffCo Tea Party Leader Endorses Purgason: "Blunt Needs To Be Held Accountable For His Votes"
Speaking at Saturday's Jefferson County Tea Party, local leader Ken Horton announced his endorsement of Chuck Purgason over Roy Blunt in the GOP primary for the US Senate. An excerpt from video captured by Reboot Congress:
Congressman Blunt -- he's been anointed by the GOP as the one who's going to take this seat and run against Robin Carnahan. I am not speaking for the tea party movement, I am speaking for myself, when I say that I cannot support Congressman Blunt in the primary election.
Congressman Blunt was in the leadership role in the House of Representatives when a Republican president and a Republican-controlled House and Senate ran up almost five trillion dollars in debt. And it would take a microscope to find spending bills Congressman Blunt voted against during that time. He voted for prescription drug bill. He voted for most all of the farm bills. He voted for the bailouts, and recently he has voted for the Cash for Clunkers. He voted for an additional two billion dollars for Cash for Clunkers.
Congressman Blunt needs to be held accountable for his votes. I will be supporting Chuck Purgason in the primary. Chuck Purgason is a senator here in Missouri. He's a social and fiscal conservative who's pledged to serve only two terms because he believes in term limits.
And I can hear the Republicans right now. "But you don't understand, Congressman Blunt has the best chance to beat Robin Carnahan."
I reject that argument.
