JEFFERSON CITY—On Wednesday, Robin Carnahan attempted to cover up her support for a stealth energy tax in the form of a carbon cap-and-trade proposal. Instead of explaining her position or condemning the attack ads recently launched to benefit her campaign, Carnahan said she wanted Congress to “find a commonsense solution to promote alternative energy and help decrease dependence on foreign oil, create jobs, and curb pollution—without sticking consumers with the bill.”

“If there was a ‘commonsense solution’ that would ‘decrease dependence on foreign oil, create jobs, and curb pollution’ without increasing energy prices, don’t you think someone would have found it by now?” asked Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party. “Make no mistake about it: Robin Carnahan and those running TV ads to help her candidacy support a destructive new energy tax on Missouri’s families and businesses, but she is trying to cloak her position in vague, overly-broad rhetoric. Missourians are dedicated to implementing new energy policies, but we will not support any proposal that burdens citizens with new taxes or excessive costs.”

This is not the first time Carnahan has attempted to shield her position from the public. Last week, when asked about President Obama’s dangerous pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility, Carnahan said that we should “get past” the issue.

“Her naïve and unrealistic statements—supporting a make-believe energy policy that appeases everyone and urging Americans to ‘get past’ Guantanamo Bay without actually solving the problem—exhibit a startling lack of understand of today’s most important issues,” said Smith. “It is clear that Robin Carnahan is not ready for the United States Senate.”

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Robin Carnahan’s on the energy tax proposal, according to the St. Louis Beacon: “On energy legislation, Robin is hopeful that the Congress will get this finished and get it right this year. She hopes they can work together to find a commonsense solution to promote alternative energy and help decrease dependence on foreign oil, create jobs, and curb pollution – without sticking consumers with the bill.”

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