Mike Castle has been on the defensive lately. He’s become the posterboy for Republican hypocrisy, especially the “trash and grab” strategy of trashing the stimulus while showing up to take credit for projects created by the stimulus. He comes off as quite defensive in this WHYY interview:
Castle also defended himself against accusations that, while voting against the stimulus, he’s shown up at events touting stimulus spending in Delaware.
“I certainly did not vote for it, and I’ve said that at every single appearance I’ve made.” Rep. Castle explained, “Having said that, I’ve said also, once that stimulus bill passed and the money was appropriated, I wasn’t about to let it all go to another state if I could get something for Delaware. I consider that to be the absolute correct way to proceed.”
The Delaware Democratic party dug up this video of Mike Castle at the Fisker event. The Fisker deal was funded with stimulus money, and Mike Castle even thanks Obama and Biden in the speech (about 1:30 in the video).
I didn’t hear anything in that speech about how he opposed the stimulus, did you? Oops! Nice try, Mike Castle but Castling isn’t quite working for you anymore is it?
Ed. note – There is a dispute about how much the Fisker deal was funded by stimulus funds. Most funding came from a 2007 law, but Biden states that stimulus funds were used as well. More info on this topic would be appreciated.