DNC: Huntsman Reinvented

SALT LAKE CITY July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee:

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Utah Democratic Party Chair Wayne Holland issued the following statement on former Governor Jon Huntsman campaigning in Utah this week:

"The Jon Huntsman that's campaigning in Salt Lake this week is not the straight shooting Republican Governor that Utahans knew, respected and worked with a few short years ago.

Governor Huntsman supported Cap and Trade, the Recovery Act and health reform, but now as a candidate Huntsman is just like all the other Republicans in the race who haven't brought forth a single proposal to create jobs and help us improve the economy. In fact, he is now criticizing the President who provided Utah with the resources to save thousands of jobs in our state - funds that Governor Huntsman happily accepted and jobs that Huntsman now takes credit for having saved himself.

His transformation from a straight shooting Governor to a right wing Presidential candidate is a political reinvention the likes of which folks in Utah have never seen - and quite frankly we don't understand. The fact is that it's doubtful that the Governor Huntsman of a few years ago would even recognize Presidential candidate Huntsman and his far right-wing positions today. He governed as a straight-shooter and is running as a flip-flopper, that's a change for the worse that will not please voters of any political party."

SOURCE Democratic National Committee