Romney's garbage man: Mitt Romney's garbage man is starring in a new attack ad that features him at work picking up trash outside the Republican nominee's $12 million California mansion.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) labor union features the garbage man in an ad that juxtaposes him talking about how tough his job it with Romney's notorious '47 per cent' comments in which he says that 'my job is not to worry about those people' who don't pay federal income tax.
In the ad, the garbage man states: 'My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up Mitt Romney's trash. We're kind of like the invisible people, you know. He doesn't realize you know that the service we provide, you know, if it wasn't for us you know, it would be a big health issue, us not picking up trash.'
Hayes is shown at work early in the morning for the City of San Diego sanitation department. As he humps trash cans, an arrow points to an ocean-front home along with a caption: 'Mitt Romney's $12 million house in San Diego, CA'.
He says: 'Residents do come out and shake our hands. Sometimes they give us hugs and thank us for the job we're doing, hand us water and Gatorades you know, tell us we're doing a good job and keep up the good work.
'Picking up 15, 16 tons by hand, you know that takes a toll on your body. When I'm 55, 60 years old, I know my body's going to be break down. Mitt Romney doesn't care about that.'
In the '47 per cent' video, filmed at a fundraiser in Boca Raton, Florida in May, Romney's comment that 'my job is not to worry about those people' was a reference to his belief that those who didn't pay federal income tax would all vote for President Barack Obama in any event.
The AFSCME, one of the top three big labor unions in the United States, endorsed Obama's re-election bid last December and vowed to spend more than $100 million to support his campaign. Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, was present for the endorsement.
In June, Lee Saunders, AFSCME's first black president, said at its annual convention: 'We must work our hearts out to re-elect President Obama.'
But he insisted the AFSCME was non-partisan: 'And we must hold politicians of all political stripes accountable for what they say and what they do. Because when it comes to what affects our members and our rights, it’s not about left versus right; it’s about right versus wrong.'
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) labor union features the garbage man in an ad that juxtaposes him talking about how tough his job it with Romney's notorious '47 per cent' comments in which he says that 'my job is not to worry about those people' who don't pay federal income tax.
In the ad, the garbage man states: 'My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up Mitt Romney's trash. We're kind of like the invisible people, you know. He doesn't realize you know that the service we provide, you know, if it wasn't for us you know, it would be a big health issue, us not picking up trash.'
Hayes is shown at work early in the morning for the City of San Diego sanitation department. As he humps trash cans, an arrow points to an ocean-front home along with a caption: 'Mitt Romney's $12 million house in San Diego, CA'.
He says: 'Residents do come out and shake our hands. Sometimes they give us hugs and thank us for the job we're doing, hand us water and Gatorades you know, tell us we're doing a good job and keep up the good work.
'Picking up 15, 16 tons by hand, you know that takes a toll on your body. When I'm 55, 60 years old, I know my body's going to be break down. Mitt Romney doesn't care about that.'
In the '47 per cent' video, filmed at a fundraiser in Boca Raton, Florida in May, Romney's comment that 'my job is not to worry about those people' was a reference to his belief that those who didn't pay federal income tax would all vote for President Barack Obama in any event.
The AFSCME, one of the top three big labor unions in the United States, endorsed Obama's re-election bid last December and vowed to spend more than $100 million to support his campaign. Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, was present for the endorsement.
In June, Lee Saunders, AFSCME's first black president, said at its annual convention: 'We must work our hearts out to re-elect President Obama.'
But he insisted the AFSCME was non-partisan: 'And we must hold politicians of all political stripes accountable for what they say and what they do. Because when it comes to what affects our members and our rights, it’s not about left versus right; it’s about right versus wrong.'
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