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A top Obama campaign surrogate chastised the president's reelection team Sunday over its ad campaign attacking Mitt Romney's record at private equity firm Bain Capital.
The unusual comments from Newark Mayor Cory Booker came during a roundtable discussion Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Within hours of the appearance, Booker took to Twitter to reiterate his support for the president -- but he appeared to stand by his criticism of the anti-Romney ad, which he had described as "nauseating."
"I have to just say from a very personal level, I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity," Booker said, referring to the ad which spotlighted the story of a Kansas City steel company that went bankrupt after Bain Capital's involvement.
"If you look at the totality of Bain Capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses," he added. "And this, to me, I'm very uncomfortable with."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...r-attack-on-romney-bain-record/#ixzz1vS5ptjWE
The unusual comments from Newark Mayor Cory Booker came during a roundtable discussion Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Within hours of the appearance, Booker took to Twitter to reiterate his support for the president -- but he appeared to stand by his criticism of the anti-Romney ad, which he had described as "nauseating."
"I have to just say from a very personal level, I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity," Booker said, referring to the ad which spotlighted the story of a Kansas City steel company that went bankrupt after Bain Capital's involvement.
"If you look at the totality of Bain Capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses," he added. "And this, to me, I'm very uncomfortable with."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...r-attack-on-romney-bain-record/#ixzz1vS5ptjWE