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Mitt Romney: I was trying to tell contributors how I'd get to 50.1 percent.

On the recordOctober 8, 2012
I was trying to tell contributors how I'd get to 50.1 percent.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Mitt Romney explains his controversial 47 percent remark in the context of electoral strategy.

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