Mitt Romney

Romney recants on ‘47 percent’ comment

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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income taxes as "not elegantly stated." Now Mitt is calling his words "just completely wrong."  The original remarks, secretly recorded during a fundraiser in May and posted online in September by the magazine Mother Jones, sparked intense criticism of Romney and provided fodder for those to portray him as a millionaire oblivious to the lives of average Americans. 



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