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Which Way, L.A.?

LA Times Reporter Recalls Romney Message to Donors

During the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney told high-level donors his job would be "not to worry" about the "47 percent" of Americans who depended on government.   When he found that he'd been recorded, he told interviewers he'd been clumsy and that, "I really care about the 100 percent."  He said similar things during all three debates.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

During the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney told high-level donors his job would be "not to worry" about the "47 percent" of Americans who depended on government. When he found that he'd been recorded, he told interviewers he'd been clumsy and that, "I really care about the 100 percent." He said similar things during all three debates. But now there's another recording, this time of yesterday's conference call to donors when Romney blamed his loss on what he called President Obama's "gifts" to blacks, Latinos and women. Maeve Reston of the Los Angeles Times has more.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Sonya Geis

    Senior Managing Editor

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Maeve Reston

    Los Angeles Times

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