Column: Connecticut Democrat Ned Lamont’s “Incoherent” Promises Don’t Add Up

It’s clear that Connecticut Democrat gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont will say anything to mislead voters – but he’s not fooling anyone.

In a new column for the Journal Inquirer, Chris Powell blasts Lamont for his “incoherent” attempts to present himself as a candidate for change while advocating for the status quo. Powell further criticizes Lamont and his Democrat allies for trying “to nurture resentments to rile up their tribal base” as he offers a “delusional” agenda for massive spending in the midst of a budget crisis.

No matter how hard he tries to mislead, it’s clear that Ned Lamont would only bring a third term of Dan Malloy’s failures.

Chris Powell writes for the Journal Inquirer:

“Pouring more of his personal wealth into his campaign for governor of Connecticut, zillionaire Democrat Ned Lamont went on television recently with a new commercial touting ‘change.’ In the ad, Lamont says he’ll cut property and small-business taxes, reduce medical costs, and demand equal pay for equal work for women. 

The latter already has been the law for a long time, but Democrats need to nurture resentments to rile up their tribal base. The other objectives proclaimed by Lamont’s new commercial will be delusional until state government manages to close the $4 billion deficit projected for the next two-year state budget, and Lamont offers no ideas about that. 

Indeed, while Lamont’s campaign distributes news releases every day, the projected budget deficit is so large that whoever is elected governor will be lucky just to keep the lights on at the state Capitol for his first few years in office. Any proposals that cost money or reduce revenues will be mere posturing and pandering until the deficit is closed. 

At the end of his new commercial, Lamont declares, ‘Change starts now.’ But even as the commercial began airing, Lamont received the endorsement of another state-employee union, that of the state police. The unions are not supporting Lamont in pursuit of change, but in defense of their privileges under the political status quo. The unions have dominated the Democratic Party, which has controlled state government for eight years, so they’re confident that as governor, Lamont would go easier on them than any other candidate would…

So Lamont is presenting himself as the candidate of change and continuity. This is incoherent…”