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Mitt Romney: “Well, there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for President Obama no matter what. All right. There are 47…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2012
Well, there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for President Obama no matter what. All right. There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it, but that's -- that's an entitlement. And the government should give them. And they will vote for this president no matter what.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah
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Romney discusses the 47 percent of Americans who he believes will vote for Obama regardless of circumstances, characterizing them as dependent on government.

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