Iowa 4th District representative Tom Latham is apparently not content to overlook the majority of the people in his district who support Health Care Reform. He apparently needs to encourage the wingnut protesters who are threatening his pro-reform colleagues:
Some Republican lawmakers encouraged the protesters.
As the House was voting on an unrelated bill, Republican Reps. Tom Latham of Iowa, Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri, Brett Guthrie of Kentucky and Greg Harper of Mississippi stood on south balcony off the House floor - an area known informally as "the beach" — holding pieces of paper that read "kill the bill" to a group of cheering protestors.
No statement yet from Latham's office on the spitting, vandalism or death threats directed at his colleagues. Nothing condemning the conduct by those he has egged on. Just the pseudo-populist comments from a guy who has taken over $53,000 in donations from health care and pharmaceutical interests over the past year.
In Latham's own words, "Americans deserve better from their leaders in Washington.”