{"id":25870,"date":"2012-09-18T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T08:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=25870"},"modified":"2012-09-18T11:54:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T08:54:53","slug":"mitt-romney-said-the-victim-who-voted-for-obama-u-s-presidental-elections-25870","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/mitt-romney-said-the-victim-who-voted-for-obama-u-s-presidental-elections-25870\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney said the victim who voted for Obama \/ U.S Presidental Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mitt Romney continues to insult the American people the last Gaffe\u00a0saying nearly half of all Americans “believe they are victims”.<\/h1>\n

The Republican was filmed telling wealthy donors that his job as a White House hopeful is “not to worry” about millions of Barack Obama voters who “pay no income tax” and depend on government welfare.<\/p>\n

The President’s campaign quickly seized on the footage, which was obtained by the political magazine Mother Jones.<\/p>\n

Mr Romney said in the video, which was posted online: “There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.<\/p>\n

“There are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you name it.”<\/p>\n

It is a further headache for the Romney campaign, which has admitted it needs to change its strategy to gain momentum in the presidential race.<\/p>\n

At a hastily called news conference, Mr Romney conceded his comments were not “elegantly stated” and said they were “off the cuff”, but he did not retract them or apologise.<\/p>\n

“I’m sure I could state it more clearly in a more effective way than I did in a setting like that,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Of course I want to help all Americans. All Americans have a bright and prosperous future.”<\/p>\n

He called for the release of the full video instead of clips posted online. Mother Jones said the video came from a fundraising event at the Florida home of an investment firm boss.<\/p>\n

America’s Tax Policy Centre says about 46% of Americans owed no federal income tax in 2011, although many of them paid other forms of taxes.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama’s campaign called the video “shocking” and aides said it would help them paint Mr Romney as clueless about the concerns of average Americans.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to serve as president for all Americans when you’ve disdainfully written off half the nation,” said campaign manager Jim Messina.<\/p>\n

Mr Romney has been criticised for being out of touch in the past.<\/p>\n

During the primary campaign he insisted he was “not concerned about the very poor” and that his wife drove “a couple of Cadillacs”.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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