Mitt Romney Quotes
Not everything I say is elegant.
He had been asked about one of his recent major statements which insulted large numbers of Americans. See {631015} for some of the text that caused him so much trouble and triggered this very inelegant explanation.
Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts (Republican), Republican Candidate for President, Statement to Scott Pelley, CBS 60 Minutes, September 24, 2012
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Mother Jones did not state how they obtained the video, but when it became public it was seen as not only another Romney gaff, but a mean-spirited example of how his bias toward the rich like himself distorts facts to where they are clearly contrary to facts. To claim that the 47% of the American population were dependent on the government and say themselves as victims was insulting to all the middle class workers, businesspeople, scholars, scientists, military men and women and others who received nothing from the government but paid their taxes-in almost all cases at a higher rate that Romney and his wealthy contributors at the Boca Raton fundraiser. See {629865} for Romney’s description of this quotation.
Willard Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who has served as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 election.
