GOP's Jones Rips Inhofe Airplane Attack Comments

Gary Jones, Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman, today issued the following statement in response to the comments made by a member of the Oklahoma Democrat Committee regarding the story that a U.S. C-130 aircraft carrying Senator Jim Inhofe and other elected officials was shot at while departing Iraq yesterday:

“I am disgusted and disappointed that certain representatives of the Oklahoma Democratic Party would shamelessly politicize a dangerous situation, expressing their regrets that Senator Inhofe was not killed in Iraq. Oklahomans are relieved that all aboard have returned safely, and are reminded of the danger our brave men and women face every day. There are some liberal Oklahoma Democrats who have repeatedly said they will do anything to ensure Senator Inhofe is not reelected. This demonstrates just how low they will stoop to make it a reality. Wishing the Senator would have been killed along with other Members of Congress and a full flight crew is outrageous. Any opponent to Senator Inhofe who runs with support from such extremists in the Oklahoma Democratic Party is fully endorsing this radical mentality.

"I call on Chairman Holmes and other Democratic leaders to immediately repudiate these remarks. We may disagree on issues, but we must agree that losing any American in this war on terror is nothing to celebrate.”

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