Cuccinelli Swears Off No-Tax Pledge
The Republican gubernatorial candidate told a group of Northern Virginia business leaders this week that he will not sign the pledge pushed by anti-tax activist Norquist, or any other pledges pushed by other groups.
Cuccinelli consultant Chris LaCivita on Wednesday confirmed the comment, which was first reported by Politico.
After giving a speech to the business group, Cuccinelli was asked in a question-and-answer period if he would sign Norquist’s pledge not to raise taxes. Americans for Tax Reform, the group Norquist leads, lists Cuccinelli among its “2013 state legislative signers of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” There is only one other elected official from Virginia on the list, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R), who supported the transportation package and announced this week that he would not run for governor as an independent.
LaCivita said that Cuccinelli had signed in the past, “but not in 2013.”
“Ken said, no, he wasn’t going to,” LaCivita said. “We have just adopted a policy of not signing pledges of any nature.”
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