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Vitter Should Denounce Landrieu “Prostitute” Comments
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Today,
the Louisiana Democratic Party called on U.S. Senator David Vitter to publicly
denounce comments from some conservative commentators referring to Louisiana's
senior Senator as a "prostitute" for securing crucial federal funding needed to
fill a gap in Louisiana's budget. "David Vitter should immediately and publicly denounce the
offensive accusations conservative commentators are making about our state's
senior Senator," said Louisiana Democratic Party Communications Director
Natalie Naquin Harvey. As a looming budget crisis threatens to bankrupt Louisiana's
state government, Senator Mary Landrieu announced Saturday from the Senate
floor that she had secured $300 million in federal funding to help make up for
shortfalls in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP_, a formula used
to
determine the federal government's share in providing medical care to the poor
and uninsured. A temporary spike in per capita income following Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita could lead to a loss of $500 million in federal funding,
according the Jindal Administration. "David Vitter supported the FMAP fix, but it was Senator Landrieu who secured
the much needed funds to help solve a
looming budget crisis that threatens to bankrupt our state," Harvey said. "The
least David
Vitter can do is stand up for her when members of his own party call her a
prostitute." On his radio program yesterday, Glenn Beck referred to
Senator Landrieu as a "high-class prostitute." "She may be easy, but she ain't
cheap," Beck said. Rush Limbaugh later echoed Beck's charge on his widely
syndicated show, calling Louisiana's
senior Senator "the most expensive prostitute in the history of
prostitutes." ###