Blunt Calls Homeland Security Report "Politically Motivated"

SPRINGFIELD'S TAX DAY TEA PARTY

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Though he isn't personally speaking to any Tea Party rallies, Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Blunt is issuing his support for the movement and criticizing a Homeland Security report that warns about a rise in "rightwing extremist activity."

ROY BLUNT'S STATEMENT:

"I support the Tea Party movement and share its concerns for America and bad policies that endanger the present and the future. Missourians have a right to be angry. They are tired of being treated like an open ATM by President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid. Like the Missourians participating in these Tea Parties, I strongly opposed the so-called ‘stimulus.’ The liberal Democrats rammed through nearly $1 trillion in new spending in a bill that nobody even read. My opponent, Robin Carnahan, told The Associated Press she supports the Obama spending spree. The massive spending plan Robin Carnahan supported will slow recovery, slow the creation of jobs and saddle our children and grandchildren with a mountain of debt," said Congressman Roy Blunt.

BLUNT CALLS REPORT "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED"

"This report by President Obama's Department of Homeland Security is absolutely outrageous. It is wrong for the Department of Homeland Security to be playing politics, much less monitoring Americans who are exercising their First Amendment rights at tea parties across the nation. The Obama Administration should have learned a lesson from Missouri when Jay Nixon’s Administration was criticized for issuing a similar report targeting conservative candidates and conservative causes," said Congressman Roy Blunt in a statement.

The Homeland Security Secretary is standing by the report today, according to The Washington Times.

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