Let this be a lesson to all you politicians out there: whatever you do, don’t mess with your opponent’s mom.
Lois Tarkanian, the mother of former GOP Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian, spoke out on Thursday against Republican nominee Sharron Angle, her son’s primary opponent, and now plans to campaign alongside Democrat Harry Reid. Tarkanian, a Las Vegas city councilwoman, joined other women in a Las Vegas café yesterday to denounce comments made by Angle, who in October said it was an “acceptable thing” when “one parent stays home with the children and the other provides financial support.”
“I am really offended by Neanderthal thinking concerning women,” Tarkanian said, according to a local Fox television station.
Tarkanian, a Democrat, says she would have supported her Republican son as the nominee but can’t bring herself to support Angle. Danny Tarkanian told Las Vegas’s Fox 5 that he thinks his mom is “mistaken” to support Reid. “But I love her anyways and we’ll still get along great,” he said.
Recent polls have shown Reid leading Angle. The TPM Poll Average shows Reid up 45.1%-42.7%.
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