Copeland has a point. If he was running as a Democrat, (instead of the guy who is next in line to be Governor) he could easily say, “Hell, yes I support the $15.05 minimum wage.” But his political career isn’t about values, it is about not saying shit that someone might not like.
GOP Pushes Carney On Minimum Wage Position
NEWARK, DE — The Chairman of the Delaware Republican Party, Charlie Copeland, pressed Democrat John Carney on his failure to take a firm position on increasing Delaware’s minimum wage to $15.05. Specifically, Copeland took issue with Carney’s remarks reported in Wednesday’s News Journal in which the Democratic candidate for Governor said that minimum wage increases, “…are an important step that needs part of a broader plan to help workers struggling to make ends meet….”
“John Carney needs to be honest with the citizens of Delaware about where he stands on efforts to increase the minimum wage to $15.05,” said Copland. “I’m not sure why he seems to think that he can skate-by on serious issues that deserve a serious response. He’s either for it or not, and he needs to tell people”, Copeland continued.