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Can Washington’s Least Favorite Former Congressman Stage a Comeback?
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Last Edited | Poll Vaulter Aug 17, 2018 09:53am |
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News Date | Friday, August 17, 2018 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | In September of 2009, Alan Grayson—a freshman Democrat from Central Florida—stood in the well of the House, flanked by an easel, and told Americans that “if you get sick … the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly.” The brief performance propelled him into the media stratosphere. Soon, he was a regular on the Capitol Hill talk shows, MSNBC in particular, denouncing Dick Cheney as a vampire, a lobbyist as “a K Street whore,” and, later, the Tea Party movement as a modern incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. “If the hood fits, wear it,” Grayson repeated to those who pushed back. The more his targets railed against him, the more his base cheered—and sent him contributions. In the day after his “die quickly” speech, he raised $114,108.
Almost a decade later, Grayson has largely disappeared from the Washington spotlight. |
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