Mitt Romney’s ‘invisible’ garbage man trashes him in union campaign spot

At first, the new campaign video from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees seems to be a dialed-back take on Priorities USA’s infamous “Mitt Romney gave my wife cancer” spot. Really, though, aside from the “victim” still being alive, it’s essentially the same line of attack. Mitt Romney’s garbage man, Richard Hayes, knows that his body’s going to break down from hauling Romney’s trash each week, and Romney just doesn’t care.

Hayes says that sometimes residents give him and the other trash collectors hugs. Not Romney, though. He was too busy counting his money to say hi, or something.

Romney's garbage man in DEM TV ad. Seriously. No word yet whether Romney caused Richard Hayes wife to get cancer & die. nationalreview.com/corner/328999/…—
Joseph (@JosephDelGrippo) October 02, 2012

SCANDAL! New Union Ad Attacks Mitt Romney For Not Talking To His Garbage Man bit.ly/Vm5raa—
LambChop (@21LambChop) October 02, 2012

AFSCME Ad: Romney doesn't talk to his garbage man or something… shar.es/5sq39 #tcot #gop—
Howard Notelling (@BluegrassPundit) October 01, 2012

He’s A Monster! New Union Ad Attacks Mitt Romney For Not Talking To His Garbage Man weaselzippers.us/2012/10/01/hes… OMG! Never seen such stupid ads!—
MacArthur (@WhineNot) October 02, 2012

Mitt Romney. Pure evil for having his garbage picked up: tinyn.ro/r/1NaR—
Anne Leary (@backyardconserv) October 02, 2012

AFSCME claims the ad is the first in a series.

Next AFSCME anti-Romney ad will feature a waitress who once had to pick up a toothpick Mitt dropped on the floor at a restaurant.—
Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) October 01, 2012

New Dem ad features Romney's garbage man ( goo.gl/CFiEC); can the disgruntled dry-cleaner and the pissed-off pool guy b far behind?—
Ted Reinstein (@tedreinstein) October 01, 2012

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Update:

It turns out that Romney spent some time as a garbage man himself.

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