Team Romney: We Do Support Two-State Solution

Source: TPM



Mitt Romney’s campaign is pushing back on controversial comments he made at a May fundraiser that were secretly taped. No, not those controversial comments. Romney is also under fire for a portion of the video in which he says he does not intend to pursue a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.

The Romney campaign contends that the original clip of the video released Tuesday by Mother Jones was deliberately edited to omit a key element of Romney’s position. The campaign confirmed to TPM it believes the MidEast portion of the video is the only part that was selectively edited.

The Obama campaign charged that Romney’s comments suggest he would “walk away from a peace process.” The Romney campaign said he supports an eventual peace achieved by staunch support of Israel.

“You heard on the tapes released this week that it’s Mitt Romney who would walk away from the peace process,” Ben LaBolt, press secretary for the Obama campaign, said on MSNBC Wednesday.

Later in the afternoon, the Romney campaign shot back.

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