Hartlzer Squirms When Asked About Trimming Farm Subsidies (Washington, Rea: rich, party)

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She squirms a bit in the interview.

Sawyers interview:

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Via the Pitch Plog, New York Times columnist Frank Rich pointed to Rep. Vicky Hartzler in his Sunday column as an example of tea party hypocrisy because of her squishy responses to ABC's Diane Sawyer about reducing federal spending on farm subsidies. Wrote Rich:

And surely he {President Obama] must start wielding Reaganesque humor at the rapidly thickening blizzard of Tea Party hypocrisies. A “there you go again” — or two or three or four — will come in handy when mocking antigovernment zealots like the newly elected Representative Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, who last week repeatedly ducked Diane Sawyer’s simple inquiry as to whether she would end federal farm subsidies (her family farm has collected some $775,000) now that she’s in Washington.

Hartzler called on her colleagues (and herself) to "do the hard thing, the adult thing, not the easy thing" and evaluate spending programs, but refused to offer any specifics. The full interview is here, but here's an excerpt of the back and forth with Sawyer:

Hartlzer Squirms When Asked About Trimming Farm Subsidies | Fired Up! Missouri