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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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Aug 14, 2011

The president has set about a bus tour today, going to swing states. And frankly, I think the American people would rather see him in Washington working on getting this economy going again. He seems to be more intent on trying to save his…

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Aug 14, 2011

The president has set about a bus tour today going to swing states, and frankly I think the American people would see him in Washington working on getting this economy going again. He seems to be more intent on trying to save his job than…

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Aug 11, 2011

Look I'm not going to eat Barack Obama's dog food, all right? What he served up was not what I would have done if I had been president of the United States.

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Aug 11, 2011

Look I'm not going to eat Barack Obama's dog food. What he served up was not what I would have done if I had been president of the United States.

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Aug 10, 2011

If I were president right now, I would go to Congress with a new system for unemployment.

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Aug 10, 2011

The president to agree to cut federal spending, to cap federal spending, and to put in place a balanced budget amendment.

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Aug 10, 2011

There are three mathematical ways to fix a deficit. One is, you can raise taxes a lot and for some reason that's what the president always thinks about. Let's just raise taxes.

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Aug 10, 2011

Come on, Mr. President. You can, by yourself, cut the spending, agree to cut spending, cap the spending, and put in place a balanced budget amendment.

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Aug 10, 2011

And if we are ultimately, not just this year but over the coming decades going to be able to balance our budget and not spend more than we take in, we have to make sure that the promises we make and Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare…

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Aug 7, 2011

Standard & Poor's rating downgrade is a deeply troubling indicator of our country's decline under President Obama.

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Aug 4, 2011

America's creditworthiness just became the latest casualty in President Obama's failed record of leadership on the economy. Standard & Poor's rating downgrade is a deeply troubling indicator of our country's decline under President Obama.

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Jun 12, 2011

That's the nature of why states are the right place for this type of responsibility.

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Jun 12, 2011

No, just -- just to say this, which is my guess is the president is going to eat those words and wish he hasn't -- hadn't put them out there. And I can't wait to debate him and say, Mr. President, if, in fact, you did look at what we did…

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Jun 1, 2011

Not perfect, but it was a state solution to our state's problem.

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Jun 1, 2011

President Obama's European answers are not the solution to America's challenges.

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Jun 1, 2011

If you want to create jobs, it helps to have actually had a job, and I have.

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Dec 22, 2009

I don't believe for a minute that the people are going to say let's go back to a system where we have 500,000 or 600,000 people without insurance. That's the wrong direction.

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May 11, 2009

Was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people? I'm not sure.

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Mar 19, 2009

If everybody was at home, doing their job and focusing entirely on the economy is that something that somebody would have read.

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Aug 17, 2008

I have got nothing for you on the V.P. sweepstakes. Anything in that regard ought to be directed to the McCain campaign.

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