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Enrique

(27,461 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:48 PM Jul 2012

Mitt: my family was "helped by the government to get on their feet"

Mitt: my family was "helped by the government to get on their feet"

I will be very interested to hear what form this "help" took, if any reporter bothers to ask him.

“My dad’s dad was not a polygamist. My dad grew up in a family with a mom and a dad and a few brothers and one sister,” he said. “They lived in Mexico and lived a very nice life there from what I understand and then when he was , I think five or six years old there was a revolution in Mexico. They escaped. I believe they went to El Paso first, and were helped by the government to get on their feet and then his dad went around the country, Los Angeles, I think Idaho, Utah, went broke more than once. My dad had a very tough upbringing.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75409.html#ixzz1tWh3IL2l

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Mitt: my family was "helped by the government to get on their feet" (Original Post) Enrique Jul 2012 OP
His family got theirs. Screw everybody else. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #1
Holy shit. Romney would retroactively deport his grandfather! Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #2
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