DOWNERS GROVE — Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin urged Republicans not to be “irresponsible” by voting against lifting the debt ceiling once again, but when George W. Bush was president, Durbin opposed increasing America's debt three times.
Monday, Republican U.S. Senate candidate, West Point grad and Army vet Doug Truax, said Durbin was providing another example of hypocrisy and blatant political partisanship.
“We need leaders in Washington who stand on principle to help the American people, not partisan insiders who feign sincerity in order to score cheap political points,” Truax said.
Truax pointed out that Durbin voted against extending the debt limit:
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On May 23, 2003, about three years after George W. Bush was elected president.
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On Nov. 17, 2004, a couple of weeks after Bush was elected to a second term.
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On March 16, 2006, leading up to mid-term elections in Bush’s second term. Then Senator Barack Obama also voted against the extension.
“Let’s keep this in mind as Dick Durbin lectures Republicans about allegedly harming the economy that he was perfectly willing to do the same thing just a few short years ago,” the Downers Grove businessman said.
