2012 Romney video leak

This article contains content from Wikipedia An article on this subject has been nominated for deletion on Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ 2012 Romney video leak Current versions of the GNU FDL article on WP may contain information useful to the improvement of this article

WP+ NO DEL

The 2012 Romney video leaks, released on September 17 and 18, 2012, was a video leaked by Wikipedia:Mother Jones that showed 2012 Presidential candidate Wikipedia:Mitt Romney speaking to a group of donors at a private conference on May 17, 2012. The video was taken at hedge fund manager Marc Leder's house in Wikipedia:Boca Raton. During the video Romney accused 47% of the American population as "people who pay no income tax" and "who will vote for the president no matter what". The private fundraiser, at which the video was filmed, was a $50,000 per person event.

Speech

During the fundraiser Romney identified 47% of the population of paying no income tax. The full quote said:

Romney was also quoted in the video of saying that the Palestinians are "committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel".

Response

President and incumbent Barack Obama stated in an interview with Wikipedia:David Letterman that "[m]y expectation is if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some". In response to the speech, Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat said "[o]nly those who want to maintain the Israeli occupation will claim the Palestinians are not interested in peace".

External Links

• Leaked Video and Audio