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Source: Think Progress
Norquist: Jeb Bush Insulted Mitt Romney By Abandoning Anti-Tax Pledge
By Igor Volsky on Jun 2, 2012 at 11:26 am
Grover Norquist lashed out at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday, the latest Republican to buck the conservative leaders anti-tax pledge.
During an appearance on CNNs the Situation Room, a visibly frustrated Norquist president of Americans for Tax Reform said that Bush kind of stepped in it a little bit when he told the House Budget Committee that signing Norquists pledge to never raise taxes is tantamount to outsourc[ing] your principles and convictions to people. Norquist claimed that Bush had insulted Mitt Romney by abandoning the pledge:
NORQUIST: (Bush) went on to kind of insult Governor Romney because Governor Romney has made a written commitment to the American people said, when I get to Washington Im not going to raise taxes. The problem is too much spending and well reform government and were not going raise taxes, so when i go and see a problem in Washington like Obamas overspending, Im not going to raise taxes, Im going to reduce spending. And unfortunately what Jeb Bush said was that that was outsourcing his principles.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/02/494083/norquist-bush-romney/