Pelosi Killed Colombia Trade Agreement, Now Campaigning with Garcia

Joe Garcia claimed he would “work tirelessly” for Colombia Free Trade Agreement, but he's okay with hosting Pelosi to prop up his campaign.

Joe Garcia is already mastering the art of misleading voters on his position on the issues most critical to our national and economic security.

Despite his claims that he supports the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, he was happy to host Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who was solely responsible for killing this agreement in Congress this year:

“Democrat Joe Garcia said. ‘I will work tirelessly with both Republicans and Democrats to ensure that the Colombian free trade agreement is passed. It is time to end the partisan Washington bickering and unequivocally support one of America's greatest allies in this hemisphere.’” (Miami Herald, 7/23/08)

Garcia even claims to support the Colombia Free Trade Agreement on his campaign website:

“Joe Garcia believes that a fair and thriving free market should be the center-piece for democracies in the region. This begins by approving the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.”

But apparently Garcia was willing to throw his “unequivocal support” to the way side in order to bank some campaign cash from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who killed the Colombia agreement just months ago.

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When it was revealed that Jennings did not pay her taxes, instead of stepping up and accepting responsibility like a real leader, she forced a staff member to take the heat. If Jennings can’t even run her own campaign without embarrassing mistakes, how can she manage a Congressional office? (“Jennings pays IRS, could pay again in election,” Jeremy Wallace, Herald Tribune)

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