Video: Barack Obama turns Mitt Romney’s words against him
Romney’s now infamous “47 per cent” comments, captured at a private Republican fundraising dinner in Florida earlier this year by a hidden video camera, were first published by the left-leaning Mother Jones magazine in the US earlier this month.
The remarks have assisted President Barack Obama’s portrayal of the millionaire Romney as out-of-touch with ordinary US citizens, as the country struggles through the worst recession since the inter-war years.
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Hide AdRarely have a presidential candidate’s own words been used to such effect in an American election.
Recents polls show US pensioners, a key constituency for Romney, starting to turn against him over his policies, with some analysts pointing to the “47 per cent” comments as fuelling their disenchantment.