Eric Kleefeld March 24, 2011, 5:18 PM

Sharron Angle, the former Nevada state representative and 2010 Republican Senate nominee who is now running for an open House seat, is attacking the now-defunct PAC of the Veterans of Foreign Wars — which endorsed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in that crucial 2010 election — saying that the VFW-PAC “betrayed America.”

In the last election cycle, objections by some VFW members to the PAC’s endorsements, which included various incumbent Democrats, ultimately led to the organization dismissing the PAC’s board, and taking steps to dissolve the PAC entirely.

Now, as Jon Ralston reports, Angle e-mailed her supporter list to promote a conservative group, Veterans in Defense of Liberty, for which she serves on the advisory board.

In the letter, Angle declares that as a “proud American, I was very disappointed” when the VFW-PAC “betrayed America and American Veterans by endorsing liberal members of Congress like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and Ron Klein in the last election.”

Key quote:

Fellow American Patriot,

As a proud American, I was very disappointed when Veterans of Foreign Wars-PAC (VFW-PAC) betrayed America and American Veterans by endorsing liberal members of Congress like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and Ron Klein in the last election, instead of standing with principled candidates (and fellow Veterans) like Jesse Kelly (AZ-8), Ilario Pantano (NC-7) and Allen West (FL-22).

It is the duty of America’s Veterans (and all active duty and reserve military personnel) to defend the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies. But when VFW-PAC chose Washington money politics over the will of its Veteran constituency and mission, it left a void in the already poorly, politically represented Veterans community. That’s why a group of concerned veterans have united to defend the Constitution and the liberties it protects by forming Veterans in Defense of Liberty.

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