{"id":5149,"date":"2011-12-04T10:34:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2011-12-04T10:34:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T15:34:26","slug":"romney-says-holder-should-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5149","title":{"rendered":"Romney says Holder should resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mittromney.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> has joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/11\/18\/51-congressmen-to-eric-holder-you-must-resign-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\">chorus of Congressmen<\/a> calling for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Eric Holder&#8217;s<\/a> resignation over the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1211\/69680.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fast and Furious<\/a>&#8221; scandal:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Romney tells reporters after a rally in New Hampshire that Eric Holder has misled Congress and has &#8220;brought shame&#8221; on the Justice Department through his handling of Operation Fast and Furious &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Romney is absolutely correct in calling out Holder. \u00a0Yes, I&#8217;m sure the gun politics aspects of the case weighed in on his decision, but \u00a0it was still the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D5149&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5149\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5149\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5149\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of Congressmen calling for Attorney General Eric Holder&#8217;s resignation over the &#8220;Fast and Furious&#8221; 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