Governor Fallin’s campaign said today that a Democratic opponent, Rep. Joe Dorman, is taking cues from President Obama and MSNBC in his criticism of her.
In an email broadside, the campaign wrote, “We need your help! Democrats like Joe Dorman are taking their cues from President Obama and MSNBC and attacking Governor Fallin for her opposition to a government mandated wage increase.
“First they criticized Governor Fallin for rejecting the Medicaid expansion and massive new entitlements in ObamaCare. Now Joe Dorman, Obama’s Chief Oklahoma Surrogate, is parroting Washington Democrats and advocating for a 39% increase in the minimum wage – from $7.25 to $10.10.
“Here are the facts: mandating a wage increase will destroy jobs. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says it will lead to the elimination of approximately 500,000 jobs across the county.
“It will increase costs for consumers on everyday items like food and groceries, which hurts poor Oklahomans the most. It will also increase costs for state and municipal governments, meaning either tax increases or cuts to government services.
“And it will strain the budgets of small businesses, forcing them to fire employees or even leave the state.
“While Joe Dorman is marching in lockstep with President Obama and Washington Democrats like Harry Reid, Governor Fallin is working hard to grow Oklahoma’s economy and attract and retain high paying jobs to the state. Her record speaks for herself. Since Governor Fallin was elected, Oklahoma’s unemployment rate has plummeted from 7.0 percent to just 5.0 percent. Per capita income growth ranks third in the nation since 2011. And the state’s Rainy Day Fund has gone from $2.03 to over $530 million.
“Governor Fallin has a proven record of success, and Oklahoma families and businesses are better off because of her commonsense policies. We need your help to get that message out and combat the liberal attack machine lead by President Obama and his number one Oklahoma spokesman, Joe Dorman.”
It amazes me that she is already attacking Joe Dorman when she has 2 primary challengers! I guess she is hurting for money and had to try something to make herself look important. It’s interesting that she is trying to paint Mr. Dorman as the democrat pushing Obama policies BUT it is Mary who is pushing Obama Core, er…Common Core, down our throats!
If she really is concerned, maybe Mary should start listening to the thousands of parents, grandparents AND voters who have been working tirelessly to stop Common Core and other federal encroachment into our state’s business. Instead she tries to placate the voters with meaningless words and then goes behind close doors to bully the legislators into passing this very expensive experiment onto the education system.
No thanks Mary! We aren’t stupid and we don’t appreciate being treated like idiots.