"Republicans Abandon Romney In Droves After 'Gifts' Comments"

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Republicans Abandon Romney In Droves After 'Gifts' Comments

By Hayes Brown at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/11/18/1211351/republicans-abandon-romney-in-droves-after-gifts-comments/

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Mitt Romney’s comments to donors about the “gifts” that President Barack Obama gave to constituents to win the election continue to cause members of his party to run away from the former candidate. Despite their insistence during the election that Romney’s position on entitlement in America was accurate, the new consensus among the GOP politicians, if not their pundits, is that Romney’s statements could not be more wrong.

After several prominent Republican governors expressed their disagreement with Romney’s statements, the hits have continued coming. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, considered at one point by the Romney campaign as a possible running mate, said on Friday, “You can’t expect to be a leader of all the people and be divisive. You have to talk about themes, policies that unite people, and play to their aspirations and their goals and their hopes for their family and their neighbors.”

Tim Pawlenty, former Minnesota governor and another potential running mate for Romney, though silent on Romney’s 47% comments, likewise shot-down Romney’s “gifts” theory.

Those who didn’t outright disagree with Romney’s words disagreed with his message. Appearing on Meet the Press on Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that it wasn’t his intention to vilify those who are beneficiaries of public assistance programs:



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[Jennicut]

1. Oh, most of them believe it. But they want the votes of the young people, women, and minorities

that voted for President Obama. So they do their little routine of sucking up to those voters. To which I laugh. Very fake.