DeFazio Openly Defies Obama On The Economy
Just as President Barack Obama is urging Democrats to unite behind his less-than-liberal agenda, U.S. Representative Pete DeFazio has reiterated his open defiance of Obama on economic issues. DeFazio rose to the floor of the House of Representatives this week in order to challenge Obama to begin promoting an economic policy more in line with what Americans expected when they elected a Democrat as President less than two years ago.
Defazio said,
“Larry Summers was either fired or encouraged to leave. It doesn’t matter, he’s gone.
It’s about a year since I asked the President to fire Geithner and Summers, two people of, by, and for Wall Street. Wall Street has received enough attention, and the Republicans would shower even more attention on Wall Street, should they take over again, against Main Street American working people.
It’s time this President came back to his Democratic roots, his Democratic values. Geithner needs to go too. Let’s bring in a team that cares about working Americans.”
In another year, will Timothy Geithner be gone? Keep an eye on DeFazio for continued defiance.
