Millionaire Republican shows how out of touch she is with the concerns of real Delawareans
Rehoboth, DE – At a campaign meet-and-greet at the Hampton Inn on Monday, Michelle Rollins demonstrated how out of touch she is with working families by suggesting that continued benefits for out of work Delawareans are the cause for ongoing unemployment. She also indicated that she would have voted against extending unemployment benefits for families in need.
When asked if she would support proposed extensions to unemployment benefits, Rollins answered:
“Truthfully I probably, lets see 99 weeks is almost two years. A few weeks shy of two years, 52, 52, 104. Probably at week 80 I would have made sure that everybody got a notice that week 99 was coming and the benefits were going to be done. Um… someone who hasn’t worked in two years, pretty hard to get energized to go back to look for a job. I know that this is a bad market and this is a bad time but you just cannot keep paying people, cannot keep taxing us to pay people to do nothing because they will continue to do nothing for a very long time and I feel we are entitled to a little more than that. Against it.”
“Multi-millionaire Michelle Rollins is hopelessly out of touch with the struggle of working-class Delawareans. For her to suggest that unemployment benefits are the reason why people remain out of work proves that she just doesn’t get it when it comes to the struggles of hardworking Delaware families,” said Katie Ellis, Deputy Executive Director for the Delaware Democratic Party. “Rollins fails to understand that folks aren’t unemployed by choice; they are forced to go on it because they have no alternative. Delaware has been hit hard with job losses at G.M., Chrysler, and Valero, and while the administration has had great success in re-opening those facilities, the jobs will take time to come back. The last thing we should do is turn our backs on those who are struggling, like Rollins suggests.”
“It’s obvious that, if elected to Congress, Rollins would ignore the day to day struggles of working-class Delawareans, and as a result she can’t be trusted with that responsibility.”









