Press Release - Burns Asks Barrow Why He Would Not Campaign With His Party's Leader In Georgia's new 12th District

BURNS ASKS BARROW WHY HE WOULD NOT CAMPAIGN WITH HIS PARTYS LEADER IN GEORGIAS NEW 12TH DISTRICT

(Savannah, Georgia) - Max Burns, former Congressman and candidate for Georgia's new 12th District, today asked why Athens turned Savannah Congressman John Barrow would campaign with his party's leader in Atlanta instead of Georgia's new 12th District. According to an Associated Press article, Barrow hosted liberal, San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi in Atlanta yesterday in an attempt to raise money for his campaign.

"John Barrow voted for Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House and said his vote for Speaker was one of the most important things he would do as a Congressman, but what's he afraid of now?" asked Burns. "Is John Barrow afraid that voters in the new 12th District might learn that Nancy Pelosi voted against the creation of the Department of Homeland Security? Is it that she voted against the $87 billion for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan? Or is it that Nancy Pelosi voted against a national energy policy, legislation to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and lower gas prices?

"Is John Barrow hiding Pelosi from 12th District voters because he doesn't want to have to explain why his party's leader voted for a budget to cut military funding and increase taxes? Is John Barrow hiding Pelosi from voters because she voted for a budget amendment to raise taxes and increase federal spending? Or is he hiding her because she supported amendments to weaken the Patriot Act and withhold 25 percent of the 2004 intelligence budget? Is John Barrow hiding Nancy Pelosi because she voted for a budget in 2001 that cut defense spending by $65 billion?"

"Mr. Barrow, why would you not bring Ms. Pelosi to Savannah, your new hometown? Voters in Georgia's new 12th deserve to know why."

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