Secret video emerges of Republican telling rich donors that 47 per cent of Americans are 'victims who pay no taxes and will vote Obama
A day that was supposed to see Mitt Romney reboot his faltering
presidential campaign ended in disarray last night, after he was caught
telling a room full of wealthy donors “my job is not to worry” about
attempting to appeal to poor people.
Hidden camera footage of the event, said to be a dinner attended by
30 of the Republican candidate's biggest fundraisers, saw him dismiss 47
per cent of Americans as freeloaders who "pay no income tax" and behave
like "victims".
Obama's campaign pounced on them as further evidence of Mr Romney's elitism.
"It's
shocking that a candidate for President of the United States would go
behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half
the American people view themselves as 'victims,' entitled to handouts,
and are unwilling to take 'personal responsibility' for their lives,"
they said.
"It's hard to serve as President for all Americans when
you've disdainfully written off half the nation."
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