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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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Oct 17, 2011

We hired a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants that were working there.

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Oct 17, 2011

When I was governor, I took the action of empowering our state police to enforce immigration laws.

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Oct 11, 2011

I don't worry about the top 1 percent. I don't -- nice worrying about, gee, we need to help them. I don't think it's not that. I'm not worried about that. They're doing just fine by themselves. I worry about the 99 percent in America. I…

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Oct 11, 2011

The right course for America is not to keep spending money on stimulus bills, but instead to make permanent changes to the tax code.

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Oct 10, 2011

I just don't believe that that kind of divisiveness space upon religion has a place in this country.

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Oct 5, 2011

The CBO found that it reduced the deficit $143 billion over the first 10 years.

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Oct 5, 2011

The Affordable Care Act is fundamentally a market-based solution.

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Sep 21, 2011

It must be repealed. And if I'm president of the United States, on my first day in office, I will issue an executive order which directs the secretary of health and human services to provide a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states.

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Sep 11, 2011

What the president did was simply wrong. It is the wrong course for America.

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Sep 11, 2011

The term Ponzi scheme, I think, is over the top and unnecessary, and frightful to many people.

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Sep 7, 2011

On day one if I'm elected president is I'm direct my secretary of Health and Human Services to put on executive order granting a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states. It is bad law, it will not work.

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Sep 7, 2011

This country has a bright future. Our president doesn't understand how the economy works.

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Sep 7, 2011

On day one, if I'm elected president, is direct my secretary of health and human services to put out an executive order granting a waiver from Obama care to all 50 states. It is bad law. It will not work.

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Sep 6, 2011

The policies that will get us working again as a nation are policies I understand having worked in the private sector.

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Sep 6, 2011

I will make sure that we keep the program and we make it financially secure. I save Social Security.

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Sep 6, 2011

Well, not terribly accurate, at least with regards to the latter.

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Sep 6, 2011

Texas is a great state. Texas has zero income tax. Texas has a right to work state, a Republican legislature, a Republican Supreme Court.

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Sep 5, 2011

I don't happen to think Barack Obama is a bad guy. I just don't think he has a clue.

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Sep 5, 2011

I don't happen to think Barack Obama is a bad guy, I just don't think he has a clue. I -- and having never worked in the private sector, never having -- having had a real job, it's not a surprise he doesn't know how to create a real job.

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Sep 4, 2011

I would like to see that Supreme Court return to the states the responsibility to determining laws related to abortion.

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