David Cicilline should return donations from Hilary Rosen

June 25, 2012

After prominent Washington Democrat advisor Hilary Rosen tried to dismiss Ann Romney – a mother of five – as someone who has “never worked a day in her life,” David Cicilline needs to say whether he agrees with these sentiments. After all, Cicilline has received $1,500 in campaign contributions from Rosen, benefitting from her cash.

NRCC COMMENT: “Hilary Rosen has totally degraded and belittled the important role of motherhood and Cicilline should return these donations. Unfortunately, we already know that Cicilline is a proponent of the big-government policies that have destroyed jobs, increased healthcare costs and made it harder for mothers to balance their checkbooks.” – NRCC spokesman Nat Sillin

DEMOCRATS’ ANTI-WOMAN ECONOMIC RECORD:

“OBAMA LOSING GROUND AMONG WOMEN FROM HIS 2008 VOTE SHARE”: “Despite a significant outreach effort to female voters and Democratic accusations of a GOP ‘war on women,’ a new Bloomberg poll shows Obama losing ground among women from his 2008 vote share.” (Byron Tau, “Poll: Obama Down Among Female Voters from 2008 Results,”Politico, 3/14/2012)

NEW PEW REPORT: “SLOW JOBS GROWTH FOR WOMEN COULD COST OBAMA THE ELECTION”: (Vicki Needham, “Slower Jobs Growth for Women Voters Could Cost Obama the Election,” The Hill, 3/25/2012)

“WOMEN ARE THE ONLY GROUP FOR WHOM EMPLOYMENT GROWTH LAGGED BEHIND POPULATION GROWTH”: “Out of all the groups represented in Pew’s survey — including blacks, whites, Hispanics and Asians — women are the only group for whom employment growth lagged behind population growth from 2009 to 2011. During that time, female employment grew by 0.9 percent and lagged behind growth in the population of working-age women by 1.5 percent.” (Vicki Needham, “Slower Jobs Growth for Women Voters Could Cost Obama the Election,” The Hill, 3/25/2012)

WOMEN’S UNEMPLOYMENT UP FROM 7.0 PERCENT WHEN OBAMA TOOK OFFICE TO 8.1 PERCENT NOW: (“Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/12/2012)

IN OBAMA’S ECONOMY, ONLY 600K JOBS FOR WOMEN, 2.6 MILLION FOR MEN: “That has led to jobs gains of only 600,000 — from 65.5 million to 66.1 million — for women, compared with 2.6 million for men during those two years, the survey showed.” (Vicki Needham, “Slower Jobs Growth for Women Voters Could Cost Obama the Election,” The Hill, 3/25/2012)