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Mitt Romney Defends His Wright Quote: ‘I Stand by What I Said, Whatever It Was’ - ABC News
What began as the resurrection of one of the most animated characters in the 2008 campaign on Thursday ended with Mitt Romney being forced to answer to reporters and consequently offer up a flub of an answer on whether he supports negative ads.
After a leaked super PAC proposal to make ads about President Obamas former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Romney tried to distance himself from the document, saying it was the wrong course.
But a reporter noted that in February, Romney brought up Wright unprompted in an interview with the conservative media personality Sean Hannity a clip that Democrats unearthed early in the day.
In the clip, after Hannity played a sound bite of Obama saying, Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation, Romney said he believed Obama didnt understand that Judeo Christian philosophy is an integral part of our foundation.
Im not sure which is worse: him listening to Rev. Wright or him saying we must be a less-Christian nation, Romney said.
Romneys explanation today fit right into a frame opponents have tried to put around him that he doesnt know what he supports and what he opposes.
Im not familiar with precisely what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was, Romney said today. Ill go back and take a look at what was said there.
The Obama campaign was, predictably, all over Romneys stumble.
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What began as the resurrection of one of the most animated characters in the 2008 campaign on Thursday ended with Mitt Romney being forced to answer to reporters and consequently offer up a flub of an answer on whether he supports negative ads.
After a leaked super PAC proposal to make ads about President Obamas former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Romney tried to distance himself from the document, saying it was the wrong course.
But a reporter noted that in February, Romney brought up Wright unprompted in an interview with the conservative media personality Sean Hannity a clip that Democrats unearthed early in the day.
In the clip, after Hannity played a sound bite of Obama saying, Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation, Romney said he believed Obama didnt understand that Judeo Christian philosophy is an integral part of our foundation.
Im not sure which is worse: him listening to Rev. Wright or him saying we must be a less-Christian nation, Romney said.
Romneys explanation today fit right into a frame opponents have tried to put around him that he doesnt know what he supports and what he opposes.
Im not familiar with precisely what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was, Romney said today. Ill go back and take a look at what was said there.
The Obama campaign was, predictably, all over Romneys stumble.
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