President Obama nominated her for Chair in April 2011 and the Democratic National Committee confirmed her appoinment on May 4, 2011. Immediately, Schultz began attacking [[Republican]]s. She lied about [[Paul Ryan]]'s [[Medicare]] plan, stating it would deny care to seniors with preexisting medical conditions.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2011/06/01/open-thread-dnc-chair-lies-about-ryan-medicare-plan#ixzz1OdjLjbsu DNC Chair lies about Ryan Medicare plan]</ref> She called Republicans "anti-women" and said that they wanted to bring back [[Jim Crow]] laws.{{fact}} [[Mitt Romney]] publicly said that Obama's policies have failed, to which she replied, "Mitt should look in the mirror."{{fact}} In another statement, Schultz claimed that Republicans think that [[illegal immigration]] is a crime.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/fred-lucas/2011/05/31/dnc-chair-republicans-believe-illegal-immigration-should-be-crime Illegal immigration should be a crime]</ref> Also, she claimed that if it were up to Republicans, we would all be driving foreign-built cars.{{fact}} It was noted that she owns a 2010 Japanese-made Infiniti FX35.{{fact}} | President Obama nominated her for Chair in April 2011 and the Democratic National Committee confirmed her appoinment on May 4, 2011. Immediately, Schultz began attacking [[Republican]]s. She lied about [[Paul Ryan]]'s [[Medicare]] plan, stating it would deny care to seniors with preexisting medical conditions.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2011/06/01/open-thread-dnc-chair-lies-about-ryan-medicare-plan#ixzz1OdjLjbsu DNC Chair lies about Ryan Medicare plan]</ref> She called Republicans "anti-women" and said that they wanted to bring back [[Jim Crow]] laws.{{fact}} [[Mitt Romney]] publicly said that Obama's policies have failed, to which she replied, "Mitt should look in the mirror."{{fact}} In another statement, Schultz claimed that Republicans think that [[illegal immigration]] is a crime.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/fred-lucas/2011/05/31/dnc-chair-republicans-believe-illegal-immigration-should-be-crime Illegal immigration should be a crime]</ref> Also, she claimed that if it were up to Republicans, we would all be driving foreign-built cars.{{fact}} It was noted that she owns a 2010 Japanese-made Infiniti FX35.{{fact}} |