In a PR move that has backfired, Majority Leader Harry Reid, tried to smear the Koch brothers of by calling them “un-American,” but instead drew attention to the victims of the failures of Obamacre. In a pair of appearances on the Senate floor, Reid attacked the two billionaires for television ads that show Americans being hurt by the health care law.
The brothers’ representatives said Reid’s attack was “disgraceful” and accused him of attacking people hurt by the 2010 health care law.
In a written statement, Philip Ellender, an official with a Koch-owned company, said the brothers were not responsible for an Americans for Prosperity ad that Reid seemed to cite a Michigan leukemia patient. “It is disgraceful that Senator Reid and his fellow Democrats are attacking a cancer victim as part of their campaign against Charles Koch and David Koch,” said Ellender, president of government affairs for Koch Companies Public Sector LLC. He said the brothers have “devoted their lives to advancing tolerance and freedom in America” and want a country where people “are free to make decisions about their lives.”
In a written statement, Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, said, “Sen. Harry Reid stood on the Senate floor today and attacked the character and integrity of every American who had the courage to share how they’re being hurt by the president’s health care law — some of whom are battling serious, life-threatening illnesses.”
Phillips continued, “As the bad news about ObamaCare continues to pile up, the Democrats are trying to divert attention away from the law’s many failures by declaring war on its victims. Instead of admitting that the health care law is a bad deal for Americans, Senator Reid has chosen to attack the brave men and women who are sharing their personal stories about ObamaCare.”
The ads feature Julie Boonstra in Michigan and Emilie Lamb in Tennessee, “who are being forced by people like Senator Reid to live out the consequences of ObamaCare every single day,” stated Phillips.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has made a point of mentioning the Koch brothers any chance they get. Due to their wealth, the brothers have become pawns in the democrats’ class warfare strategy for winning.