The ‘Romney Rule’ Attack Makes Its Official Debut (VIDEO)

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Earlier this month, Paul Begala outlined for us a new attack line pro-Obama campaign folks were planning to use against Mitt Romney.

And today, the Romney Rule made its official debut.

Here’s the web video, posted Thursday by Priorities USA Action, the Obama-supporting Super PAC Begala advises:

Priorities USA Action’s Bill Burton explains:

“The Romney Rule is simple, Mitt Romney thinks that millionaires like him are entitled to pay a lower rate of taxes than teachers, cops and construction workers. And while Romney promises to keep taxes low for him and his millionaire friends, he supports raising taxes by $1,000 on hardworking Americans,” said he said in a statement. “We tried Romney’s economic vision with President George W. Bush and it failed miserably for the middle class. We simply can’t afford to try it again.”

For more details, see our previous report.

Update

Team Romney responds:

“Mitt Romney has a tax plan that cuts taxes for the middle class. This is another pathetic attempt by President Obama’s political machine to distract attention from their non-existent record on creating jobs,” said Gail Gitcho, spokesperson for the Romney campaign. “Just this morning, we learned that an unprecedented 26 million people are unemployed, underemployed or have stopped looking for work – and President Obama has no plan to deal with it. Barack Obama put forward a second stimulus bill that has been rejected by Congress, and he has yet to offer any alternative.”

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