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Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from Utah, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Romney previously served as the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He gained national prominence as the Republican nominee for president in the 2012 election, where he focused on economic issues and healthcare reform. Throughout his career, Romney has been known for his moderate stance on various issues, including his support for certain aspects of healthcare and education reform.

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Jan 30, 2012

If you want to make a selection about restoring American greatness, then I hope you'll join us.

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Jan 30, 2012

If I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect.

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Jan 30, 2012

I know the speaker's not real happy, Speaker Gingrich. He's been flailing around a bit. These debates have gone pretty well. Speaker Gingrich wasn't very happy with the debates, though.

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Jan 30, 2012

A competitive primary doesn't divide us. It prepares us, and we will win.

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Jan 30, 2012

We look for qualities in a president, many qualities, but we don't look for whining and excuses.

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Jan 30, 2012

competitive primary does not divide us. It prepares us and we will win.

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Jan 30, 2012

Together, we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

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Jan 26, 2012

My investments for the last ten years have been the blind trusts managed by trustee. Secondly, the investments that they made, we have learned about this as we made our financial disclosure, have been in mutual funds and bonds. I don't own…

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Jan 26, 2012

My investments for the last 10 years have been in a blind trust, managed by a trustee. Secondly, the investments that they have made -- we've learned about this as we made our financial disclosure -- have been in mutual funds and bonds. I…

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Jan 26, 2012

The blind trust is an age-old ruse, if you will, which is to say, you can always tell the blind trust what it can and cannot do. You give a blind trust rules.

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Jan 26, 2012

It's simply the kind of over the top rhetoric that has characterized American politics for too long. And I'm glad that Mark Rubio called you out for it. I'm glad you withdrew it. I think you should apologized for it and I think she's…

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Jan 25, 2012

I'm not going to go find grandmothers and take them out of their homes and deport them. Those are your words, not my words.

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Jan 25, 2012

My investments for the last ten years have in a blind trust, managed by a trustee.

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Jan 25, 2012

Mr. Speaker, I'm not anti-immigrant. My father was born in Mexico. My wife's father was born in Wales. They came to this country. The idea that I'm anti-immigrant is repulsive.

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Jan 25, 2012

I have earned the money that I have. I didn't inherit it. I take risks. I make investments.

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Jan 25, 2012

Well, you've just heard the last two speakers also indicate that they support the concept of self-deportation.

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Jan 25, 2012

This idea of going state to state and promising what people want to hear, promising billions, hundreds of billions of dollars to make people happy, that's what got us into the trouble we're in now. We've got to say no to this kind of…

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Jan 25, 2012

Look, let's put behind this idea of attacking me because of my investments or my money, and let's get Republicans to say, you know what? What you've accomplished in your life shouldn't be seen as a detriment. It should be seen as an asset…

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Jan 25, 2012

When I'm shot at, I will return fire. I'm no shrinking violet.

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Jan 25, 2012

I'm proud of being successful. I'm proud of being in the free enterprise system that creates jobs for other people.

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Jan 25, 2012

I'm Mitt Romney, and I'm pleased to be here with my wife and my oldest son Tagg Romney.

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Jan 23, 2012

Tonight, we're also going to get treated to more divisive rhetoric from a desperate campaigner in chief. It's shameful of the president to use our nation to divide our nation.

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Jan 23, 2012

High unemployment. Record home foreclosures. Debt that's too high. Opportunities too few. This is the real state of our union. But you won't hear stories like those at President Obama's address tonight.

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Jan 22, 2012

I'm calling on Speaker Gingrich again to do two things, one, release all of the work product associated with his work at Freddie Mac and also return the funds that he made from Freddie Mac.

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Jan 22, 2012

You have congressmen who said that you came and lobbied them with regards to Medicare part D.

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