Mitt Romney's sour grapes to top donors: President Obama won election because he handed out 'big gifts' to blacks, Hispanics & young voters
Losing GOP presidential candidate's statement echoed the '47%' gaffe he made at a fundraiser that alienated voters he said were 'dependent upon government.'
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BY BILL HUTCHINSON / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012, 8:25 PM
Mitt Romney can’t lay off the “47%.”
The losing GOP presidential candidate unloaded a cartful of sour grapes on his top donors Wednesday, saying President Obama won because he handed out “big gifts” to blacks, Hispanics and young voters.
Romney’s statement echoed the “47%” gaffe he made at a fundraiser that alienated voters he said were “dependent upon government.”
LA. GOV. JINDAL SLAMS ROMNEY OVER REMARKS
This time, in a conference call with major donors Wednesday, Romney said Obama voters were in it for the goodies, the Los Angeles Times Reported.
“The president’s campaign focused on giving targeted groups a big gift — so he made a big effort on small things,” Romney said. “Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.”
He included Obamacare, contraception and college loan forgiveness among the gifts.
David Axelrod, Obama’s chief campaign advisor, tweeted, “Still looking at America through that 47% prism, Mitt tells donors the takers did him in.”
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BY BILL HUTCHINSON / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012, 8:25 PM
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'The president’s campaign focused on giving targeted groups a big gift — so he made a big effort on small things,' Romney said to top donors. 'Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.'
Mitt Romney can’t lay off the “47%.”
The losing GOP presidential candidate unloaded a cartful of sour grapes on his top donors Wednesday, saying President Obama won because he handed out “big gifts” to blacks, Hispanics and young voters.
Romney’s statement echoed the “47%” gaffe he made at a fundraiser that alienated voters he said were “dependent upon government.”
LA. GOV. JINDAL SLAMS ROMNEY OVER REMARKS
This time, in a conference call with major donors Wednesday, Romney said Obama voters were in it for the goodies, the Los Angeles Times Reported.
“The president’s campaign focused on giving targeted groups a big gift — so he made a big effort on small things,” Romney said. “Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.”
He included Obamacare, contraception and college loan forgiveness among the gifts.
David Axelrod, Obama’s chief campaign advisor, tweeted, “Still looking at America through that 47% prism, Mitt tells donors the takers did him in.”
Watch the video here
Romney’s jab on Obama winning election because of ‘big gifts’ to Blacks and Hispanics slammed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal: ‘We have got to stop dividing the American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent.’
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BY KRISTEN A. LEE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012, 10:04 AM
Mitt Romney is getting pushback from within his own party to his eyebrow-raising claim that President Obama won re-election because he handed out “big gifts” to black, Hispanic and young voters.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising GOP star once considered a potential running mate for Romney, called his argument “absolutely wrong” at a press conference on Wednesday that opened a meeting of the Republican Governors Association.
“No, I think that’s absolutely wrong,” he said, according to Politico. “Two points on that: One, we have got to stop dividing the American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent. We need to go after every single vote.”
“And, secondly,” he continued, “we need to continue to show how our policies help every voter out there achieve the American Dream, which is to be in the middle class, which is to be able to give their children an opportunity to be able to get a great education.”
“So, I absolutely reject that notion, that description,” he said. “I think that’s absolutely wrong.”
In a conference call with major donors Wednesday, Romney said Obama voters were looking for gifts, like Obamacare, contraception and college loan forgiveness, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“The president’s campaign focused on giving targeted groups a big gift — so he made a big effort on small things,” Romney told his backers. “Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.”
Jindal, the son of Indian immigrants, said he doesn't think that argument "represents where we are as a party and where we’re going as a party.”
And he didn’t stop there, circling back to criticize Romney’s presidential campaign at the end of the press conference.
“You have to have a vision. You have to connect your policies to the aspirations of the American people,” Jindal said, according to Politico. “I don’t think the (Romney) campaign did that, and as a result this became a contest between personalities. And you know what? Chicago won that.”
BY KRISTEN A. LEE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012, 10:04 AM
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Mitt Romney's claim of Obama's "big gifts" to young, black and and Hispanic voters doesn't represent "where we are as a party and where we’re going as a party.”
Mitt Romney is getting pushback from within his own party to his eyebrow-raising claim that President Obama won re-election because he handed out “big gifts” to black, Hispanic and young voters.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising GOP star once considered a potential running mate for Romney, called his argument “absolutely wrong” at a press conference on Wednesday that opened a meeting of the Republican Governors Association.
“No, I think that’s absolutely wrong,” he said, according to Politico. “Two points on that: One, we have got to stop dividing the American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent. We need to go after every single vote.”
“And, secondly,” he continued, “we need to continue to show how our policies help every voter out there achieve the American Dream, which is to be in the middle class, which is to be able to give their children an opportunity to be able to get a great education.”
“So, I absolutely reject that notion, that description,” he said. “I think that’s absolutely wrong.”
In a conference call with major donors Wednesday, Romney said Obama voters were looking for gifts, like Obamacare, contraception and college loan forgiveness, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“The president’s campaign focused on giving targeted groups a big gift — so he made a big effort on small things,” Romney told his backers. “Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.”
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, once considered a candidate to join Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket, is now criticizing his campaign for lacking "vision."
Jindal, the son of Indian immigrants, said he doesn't think that argument "represents where we are as a party and where we’re going as a party.”
And he didn’t stop there, circling back to criticize Romney’s presidential campaign at the end of the press conference.
“You have to have a vision. You have to connect your policies to the aspirations of the American people,” Jindal said, according to Politico. “I don’t think the (Romney) campaign did that, and as a result this became a contest between personalities. And you know what? Chicago won that.”
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