Alan Grayson Calls Linda Robertson A “K Street Whore”
October 28, 2009
The Florida Democrat, Alan Grayson who said Republicans want sick people to “die quickly” is again facing criticism for his rhetoric – this time for calling a senior Federal Reserve adviser Linda Robertson a “K Street whore” in a radio interview.
Rep. Alan Grayson hurled the insult at Linda Robertson last month on the Alex Jones Show, a syndicated talk radio program, while discussing the Fed’s resistance to stronger congressional oversight. Robertson is a former Enron lobbyist and Clinton administration adviser who was hired by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke this summer to help with congressional relations.
Washington’s K Street is where many lobbyists, trade associations and law firms have their offices.
Grayson took exception to Robertson’s role, saying she has criticized congressional efforts to increase oversight.
“Here I am the only member of Congress who actually worked as an economist, and this lobbyist, this K Street whore, is trying to teach me about economics,” he said.
Grayson never identified Robertson by name, saying he couldn’t remember her name, but he made clear whom he was referring to from her background and job.
His spokesman, Todd Jurkowski, defended the insult Tuesday.
“She had the audacity to attack a congressman who used to be an economist,” he said. “She’s a career lobbyist who used to work for Enron and advocates for whatever she gets paid to promote.”
A spokeswoman for the Federal Reserve had no immediate comment.
Grayson, a liberal firebrand, drew strong criticism last month for saying that Republicans were ignoring sick people who die without health insurance, and that the GOP’s health care plan amounted to wanting people to “die quickly” when they get sick.
He stood by the comments, leveraging the attention to do a series of national television appearances in which he ridiculed Republicans as “knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.” He boasted that the attention has helped fill his campaign coffers.
Grayson did apologize for later likening the deaths of Americans without health coverage to a “holocaust.” He then set up a Web site called “Names of the Dead,” inviting people to list the names of loved ones who have died for lack of health care.
Andy Sere, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, called Grayson “a vile and vulgar man.”
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