FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2005

Contact: Rob Sawicki
Phone: 202.224.4041

Senators Call On Rove to Retract Hurtful Partisan Remarks on 9/11 Victims

Letter to Rove signed by NY, NJ, CT senators asks for immediate retraction of Rove’s divisive comments to fundraiser in heart of NYC

WASHINGTON – Senator Joe Lieberman today joined Senator Chris Dodd and their colleagues from New York and New Jersey in calling on chief White House Advisor Karl Rove to retract his divisive partisan comments that exploited the memories of the 9/11 victims at a conservative fundraiser. In a letter to Rove today the senators asked Rove to retract his comment that “liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.”

The full text of the letter is available here.

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