Governor Mitt Romney declared yesterday he would not allow any state resources to be used to protect a former Iranian president during his visit to the Boston area this weekend, and he sharply criticized Harvard University for inviting Mohammed Khatami to speak on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Of course, within the next 24 hours I'm sure we'll all be hearing that he's a racist hatemongering Islamophobe. If that's the case, then we need more racist hatemongering Islamophobes just like him.
Romney said that he expected the State Department at a meeting scheduled for today to request a State Police escort and other traffic services, but that he had called yesterday to inform them that no such services would be provided.
``There are people in this state who have suffered from terrorism, and taking even a dollar of their money to support a terrorist is unacceptable..."
``The shock of the commemoration of a great tragedy coinciding with the visit of a terrorist to our state was too great to go unnoticed," Romney said. ``For that reason, I have directed state resources not to be used to ease or encourage his visit."
Romney bars state security for Iranian's Harvard visit
