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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri May 9, 2014, 11:25 AM May 2014

Romney: Fair for GOP to fundraise on Benghazi

Source: The Hill

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday said it was fair for Republicans to use their investigation into the Benghazi terror attack to fundraise and elect candidates in the midterms.

"There would not be an investigation into Benghazi, there would not be an investigation into the IRS were there not a Republican House," said Romney on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked if it was appropriate to fundraise off the probe.

“So to say, look, elect Republicans, so that we have these kinds of investigations is appropriate," he added.

Democrats have slammed Republicans for sending out a fundraising pitch off the new House select committee investigating the attack. The National Republican Campaign Committee has posted a number of blogs about the investigation with links to fundraising pages on the website benghaziwatchdogs.com.

The chairman of the committee, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), has called on his Republican colleagues to refrain from fundraising off the investigation. But Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) sidestepped questions about the money pitch, saying that his focus was on “getting the answers” to what happened during the deadly attack that killed four Americans.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/205690-romney-appropriate-to-use-benghazi-investigation-to-elect-gop

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Laelth

(32,017 posts)
2. Mr. Romney wouldn't know "fair" if it smacked him in the face.
Fri May 9, 2014, 11:30 AM
May 2014

Of all the people on Earth from whom I might seek sound judgment on questions of equity and fairness, the last person I would consult would be Mitt Romney. His life of complete privilege blinds him to the concerns and pain of millions of people and disqualifies him from speaking on the subject.

Buzz off, Mitt.

-Laelth

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
4. Yes, let's ask the guy who just lost a Presidential election.
Fri May 9, 2014, 11:34 AM
May 2014

Surely he is an unbiased and completely fair source.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
6. Well, I'm glad he cleared that up!
Fri May 9, 2014, 11:37 AM
May 2014

Also, don't forget "they" are coming for your guns so write a check to the nra too.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
8. Its OK to fundraise on bullshit made up untruths and call it fact
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:01 PM
May 2014

This absolutely have nothing to do with the people who died in Benghazi. . .its again a witch hunt colored with green.

DallasNE

(7,392 posts)
9. So, Romney, Would It Have Been Fair For Democrats To Fundraise On 9/11?
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:51 PM
May 2014

Or the 241 marines killed in Lebanon under Reagan? 9/11 took 1,000 times the lives of Benghazi and Lebanon took 80 times the lives. The difference is that Republicans have no shame. And they certainly have no ethics.

surrealAmerican

(11,342 posts)
12. Now, there's a quote that's worth repeating:
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:59 PM
May 2014
There would not be an investigation into Benghazi, there would not be an investigation into the IRS were there not a Republican House

Keep saying that, Republicans. You are the party of senseless, baseless investigations that tie up government and waste public resources.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
13. "Dead Americans?"
Fri May 9, 2014, 01:05 PM
May 2014

"...Sure, let's make some money off of their corpses."

Said by just about any Republican.

karynnj

(59,476 posts)
14. So says the first person to conflate the film with Benghazi
Fri May 9, 2014, 02:00 PM
May 2014

Within hours of the Benghazi attacks, he blasted the US Cairo embassy for putting up a message that the film did not represent the US - written and posted BEFORE Benghazi. Romney made a craven political comment that attacked these people who were serving the country in an unstable Egypt. Fortunately, most of the country contrasted his cravenness with the genuine concern of Obama and Clinton.

Someone needs to ask the new committee members who was the first politician to have a statement containing BOTH the film and Benghazi. Wonder if anyone would get it right?

EC

(12,287 posts)
15. Here again, he's making people believe
Fri May 9, 2014, 02:03 PM
May 2014

there has been no investigations. And the Republican lead House aren't the only ones that have investigated Benghazi like he is insinuating. Even the FBI and The State Department had investigations. What 5 House Committees already? Mitt Romney always did deflect.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
16. 7 investigations, 13 hearings, 25,000 pages of documents, 50 briefings and counting
Fri May 9, 2014, 02:19 PM
May 2014

Since none of this has yet to have the intended results of destroying the Democrats, the GOP refuse to stop wasting taxpayer dollars.

I believe it's Einstein who is credited with saying, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results."

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