Mitt Romney Adviser On Lilly Ledbetter Act: 'He Was Opposed To It At The Time'

[highplainsdem]

Source: Huffington Post

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Had Mitt Romney been president in 2009, he would not have signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, a top adviser to the Republican nominee told The Huffington Post Tuesday night.

Now that the law has been passed, Romney has no plans to get rid of it, that adviser, Ed Gillespie, added. But Romney didn't support it while it made its way through Congress.

"The governor would not repeal the Lilly Ledbetter Act," said Gillespie, following Tuesday night's presidential debate. "He was opposed to it at the time. He would not repeal it."

The statement from Gillespie is the furthest that the Romney campaign has gone in detailing the candidate's position on the law, which allows women greater opportunity to sue over pay inequity at the workplace. Previously, the governor's campaign has said that he would not repeal the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which was the first bill President Barack Obama signed into law, while leaving unanswered whether or not he would have signed it had he been president at the time.

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17/mitt-romney-lilly-ledbetter_n_1973446.html

[still_one]

1. and he also has no plans to reverse roe v wade. I say if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell

you

[wordpix]

2. is Gillespie turning R$ turncoat? Either that or he just put his foot in it

[formercia]

5. Limited Hang-out

Just Propaganda to deflect attention from Mitt's real agenda.

[AnnaLee]

3. no, no, no, no,,, no, no, no

You answer questions yourself during the debate.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. Mit Rmoney unable to speak for himself???

When given a direct question, Rmoney is incapable of answering.

Only after, in the less public spin room, does the truth come out that Rmoney was against equal pay for women and would not have signed the bill.

How convenient.

[Liberalynn]

6. Given the fact that Gillespie said Mittens was "opposed to it at the time" and

"he did not support it while it made its way through Congress," I think the question of whether he would have signed it, if he were President, has been answered. He WOULD NOT have signed it. What's with the reporter saying it was "left unanswered?"

[highplainsdem]

8. The reporter said that question was "previously" left unanswered. Meaning it's now been answered.

[Liberalynn]

9. That's what I get for skimming

missed the "previously." Thanks.

[RiverStone]

7. I would have liked to see Mitt faced with this direct question:

Did you support the Lilly Ledbetter act? Yes or no?!!!

Then follow up with why he opposed equal pay for all those women (in his binder).