DCCC: No Joke, Republicans Are Hypocrites

President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus plan into law Feb. 17, 2009
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is getting in on the April Fools’ Day action, adding new Republicans to their “Hypocrisy Hall of Fame” for lauding the stimulus bill they opposed.

The National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee went the funny video route to go after Democrats, but the DCCC chose to put out a release keying off the theme.

“Not an April Fools’ Day Joke: 70 Percent of House Republicans Caught Claiming Credit for Jobs They Opposed,” the DCCC headlined the release, obtained by TPMDC. “So far 128 House Republicans have tried to claim credit for creating jobs they tried to stop and the only thing missing is the part when they yell April Fools! … even on April Fools’ Day, voters will see what a joke the Republican hypocrisy is,” DCCC spokesman Ryan Rudominer said in the release.

We’ve reported on the GOPers taking credit for funds going to their home districts even though they opposed the $787 billion legislation.

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