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Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and retired politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2012 presidential election.
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Born 12 March 1947 · Q4496
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2026· 17 entries
dukechronicle.com: ‘We have got to end this’: Mitt Romney condemns political retribution, urges compromise in Sanford lecture
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The Good Men Project: Mitt Romney and Sally Ride: Tweets for Marriage Equality
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Yahoo Finance: Mitt Romney warned a billionaire tax triggers demand for 2 assets — now California decides. Get in before the super-rich
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com: In 2008, Mitt Romney bought a La Jolla beach house for $12 million, demolished it and built an 8,150-sq-f
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primetimer.com: Howard Lutnick, Larry Silverstein, Jim Pierce and Mitt Romney were all supposed to be at the WTC on 9/11 before last-minute plans changed
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Fortune: Howard Lutnick and Mitt Romney had last-minute changes of plan that kept them out of the WTC on 9/11
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Public attention spiked: 9,335 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 2,239, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Removing from Category:American male non-fiction writers using Cat-a-lot
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“But I was doing something that I wanted to do, that I had committed to do.”
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“wants to turn America into a European-style entitlement society.”
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“It was very troubling seeing the great violence the capitol police were subjected to.”
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“t know how close he was and didn”
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“I am dismayed at where we are now. I wish we had better choices.”
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Public attention spiked: 8,050 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 2,239, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 8,050 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 2,241, with 0 article edits.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Epstein files email with joke about Mitt Romney's wife and Barack Obama is real.” Joke To Jeff.
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Public attention spiked: 9,066 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 2,241, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 4 entries
New York Daily News: Death of Mitt Romney’s 64-year-old sister-in-law ruled suicide
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law found dead next to parking garage in California
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The Daily Beast: Mitt Romney’s Family Member Found Dead Near Parking Garage
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“s character. Ronna McDaniel, Romney”
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2024· 16 entries
Washington Post: ‘What would Mitt Romney do?’ His fight is still worth waging.
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Yahoo: Mitt Romney Faces The Fact That 'MAGA Is The Republican Party'
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KSAT: Mitt Romney's Senate exit may create a vacuum of vocal, conservative Trump critics
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newser: Mitt Romney Leaves Senate With a Warning
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CBS News: Mitt Romney warns of those who "tear at our unity" in Senate farewell speech
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Wall Street Journal: Mitt Romney Says He Respects Biden and His Decision ‘Is in the Best Interest of the Country’
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Newsweek: Could Mitt Romney Replace Joe Biden? Suggestion Sparks Fury
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When President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election, Romney posted a statement which read: "Others will judge his presidency
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The Guardian: Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, Mitt Romney says
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s: ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney says Alejandro Mayorkas’s actions do not merit impeachment
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Mitt Romney money coming from corrupt sources” Legal Income.
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney: Trump’s call to stonewall Democrats on immigration ‘appalling’
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Romney admitted he was worried about being at risk of Alzheimer's disease due to years of working in high-stress jobs
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“would restrict the types of actions that could lead to existential, or health, or other serious consequences”
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In 2024, Romney admitted he was worried about being at risk of Alzheimer's disease due to years of working in high-stress jobs.
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2023· 16 entries
The Guardian: Mitt Romney says his endorsement in 2024 race would be ‘kiss of death’
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The Guardian: Romney: A Reckoning review: must-read on Mitt and the rise of Trump
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The Guardian: ‘Ha, ha, ha’: Mitt Romney laughs off Trump’s ‘total loser’ attack
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The Guardian: Will Mitt Romney be remembered as a ‘good Republican’? – podcast
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The Guardian: Romney mulled Trump job for ‘noble and self-centered’ reasons, book says
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney mulled unity ticket with ‘scary’ Cruz to stop Trump, book says
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USA Today rated the claim “Romney, Pelosi’s sons under investigation for deals with Ukrainian company” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Mitt Romney suggested Donald Trump will spend his retirement in jail” Satire.
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USA Today rated the claim “Utah Sen. Mitt Romney resigned” False.
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The Guardian: Retirement announcement brings Romney well wishes – but not from Trump
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney condemns ‘demagogue’ Trump as he announces retirement
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The Guardian: Romney urges Republican no-hopers to drop out to beat Trump in primary
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"Senator Mitt Romney threatens to leave the Republican party and join Democrats.”” False.
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The Guardian: Mitt Romney: Trump is unfit for office but New York charges are political
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Announced he would not seek reelection and retired from the Senate when his term expired in 2025
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Career landmark: United States senator (2023–2025).
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2022· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney tweeted that first lady Jill Biden should get an Oscar for portraying "an Alzheimer's care giver posing as a loving wife."” False.
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Romney reversed his previous position on federal marriage, and was one of 12 Republicans voting to advance legislation to codify same-sex marriage into federal law by voting for the Respect for Marriage Act
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2021· 7 entries
Awarded Profile in Courage Award (2021).
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Along with five other Republicans and all present Democrats, Romney voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack
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Romney and five other Republican senators voted to allow other witnesses in the impeachment trial
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New video was released during Trump's second impeachment trial that showed capitol police officer Eugene Goodman saving Romney from running into the Capitol rioters
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The House voted to impeach Trump a second time for incitement of insurrection
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Career landmark: United States senator (2021–2023).
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“Ci riuniamo a causa dell'orgoglio ferito di un uomo egoista. Quello che è successo qui oggi è stata un'insurrezione incitata dal presidente degli Stati Uniti. Ted Cruz e tutti quelli che hanno appoggiato Trump in questo processo sono responsabili del disastro di oggi. (Sull'assalto al Campidoglio degli Stati Uniti del 2021)”
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2020· 11 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Votes cast for Mitt Romney during the 2012 election were switched to President Barack Obama.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”” Half True.
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In response to the murder of George Floyd and the worldwide protests against police brutality, Romney became the first Republican senator to participate in a protest alongside Black Lives Matter
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney endorsed 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.” Labeled Satire.
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Published video “Utah Leads the Way”.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Mitt Romney’s father “U.S. Senator George Romney, was a liberal Republican who had ties to Saul Alinsky, yes, the same dude who wrote the book, Rules For Radicals and dedicated to Satan.”” Mostly False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “William Barr tweeted, “BREAKING NEWS Senator Mitt Romney is the only Republican Senator who voted to remove President Trump from office… IN A COMPLETELY UNRELATED STORY Senator Mitt Romney is also the only Republican Senator who has a son who sits on the board of a Ukrainian Energy Company.”” False.
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After Romney read a prepared text on the Senate floor decrying "corrupting an election to keep oneself in office" as "perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine", he bro
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.” False.
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Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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“decision to nominate and confirm Amy Coney Barrett as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States before the 2020 presidential election was fair:”
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2019· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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2018· 16 entries
Published video “"One Vote" feat. Mitt Romney”.
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Election won: 2018 Utah U.S. Senate election.
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Published video “Vote Mitt”.
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Published video “"Change" feat. Ann Romney”.
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Published video “"Fight For" feat. Mitt Romney”.
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Published video “Mitt Romney - Utah Senate Primary Election Victory Speech”.
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Published video “"Strong Leadership" feat. Mitt Romney”.
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Published video “"The Games" feat. Mitt Romney”.
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Published video “Good People in a Great State”.
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Published video “Heavy Hand of the Federal Government”.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Mitt Romney: ‘Trump has some very serious emotional problems, he must resign before we…’”” Pants on Fire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race."” True.
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Romney received 1,585 delegate votes (49
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Romney formally launched his campaign with a video message posted on Facebook and Twitter
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After Hatch announced that he would retire, many speculated that he was considering a Senate campaign
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Campaign: 2018 Utah U.S. Senate election.
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2017· 1 entry
Romney was treated for prostate cancer in the summer of 2017.
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2016· 7 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Donald Trump attended a hate group gathering "snubbed" by former GOP candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain.” Mixture.
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Claimed: “Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Cited precincts in which "practically nobody" voted for Republican Mitt Romney in 2012 as indication of "rigged" elections.” No Evidence.
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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“Think of Donald Trump's personal qualities: the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics... We have long referred to him as "The Donald". He is the only person in the entire country to whom we have added an article before his name. And it wasn't because he had attributes we admired. (da un discorso all'Università dello Utah, Salt Lake City. 3 marzo 2016)”
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“Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He's playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat. (da un discorso all'Università dello Utah, Salt Lake City, 3 marzo 2016)”
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2015· 1 entry
Romney announced that he would not run for president in 2016, saying that while he thought he could win the nomination, "one of our next generation of Republican leaders" would be better positioned to win the general ele
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2012· 6 entries
Campaign ended: 2012 presidential election.
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The 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, officially nominated Romney for president
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The Romney campaign announced Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate
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“rented by several political candidates in the presidential primary, and by countless other political and commercial users in the time since the 2012 campaign”
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“CD-ROM marking 25th anniversary of Bain & Company, quoted in Corn, David (27 September 2012), "New Romney Video: In 1985, He Said Bain Would "Harvest" Companies for Profits", Mother Jones, retrieved on 2012-10-03”
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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2011· 4 entries
Romney formally announced the start of his campaign
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Romney announced, in a video taped outdoors at the University of New Hampshire, that he had formed an exploratory committee for a run for the Republican presidential nomination
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More than double the amount raised by any of his Republican opponents, and refrained from spending his own money on the campaign
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Signed a pledge promising to seek passage of a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman
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2009· 1 entry
The Romneys sold their primary residence in Belmont and their ski chalet in Utah, leaving them an estate along Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and an oceanfront home in the La Jolla district of San Diego,
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2008· 2 entries
Election lost: 2008 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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2007· 15 entries
“Ryan Sager (2007-04-20). "Romney's Energy Gaffe". The New York Sun.”
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“Liz Sidoti (2007-04-26). "AP Interview: Romney says he's not the only one switching positions, rivals do it too". San Francisco Chronicle.”
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“I believe in my Mormon faith and endeavor to live by it. My faith is the faith of my fathers. I will be true to them and to my beliefs.”
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“Fox News interview, 2007-04-29, quoted in Jim Rutenberg (2007-04-30). "Romney Favors Hubbard Novel". The Caucus (The New York Times).”
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“Perry Bacon Jr. (2007-05-06). "Romney Reaches to the Christian Right". The Washington Post.”
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“Fox News GOP debate, 2007-05-14, quoted in "Romney: ‘We Ought To Double Guantanamo’", Think Progress, 16 May 2007”
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“In response to the question, "How would you run against Hillary and Bill Clinton in November?", MSNBC, Republican Presidential Candidate Debate, FL, 2007-01-25”
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“Romney formally kicks off presidential bid". MSNBC. 2007-02-13.”
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“Press Conference: Announcing Candidacy for Presidency, 2007-02-13”
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“Beth Reinhard (2007-03-19). "Presidential candidate bungles speech in Miami". Miami Herald.”
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“2007-04-03, quoted in "Romney's Hunting Experience Limited to Two Trips, Despite Claims". Fox News. 2007-04-04.”
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“s not the only one switching positions, rivals do it too”
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“Fox News, Republican Presidential Candidate Debate, Durham, NH, 2007-09-05”
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“While campaigning in Greenwood, SC; 2007-10-24, quoted in Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, 24 October 2007”
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“Sometimes the medicine is a little bitter but it is necessary to save the life of the patient. My job was to try and make the enterprise successful, and in my view the best security a family can have is that the business they work for is strong.”
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2006· 3 entries
Romney signed the resulting Massachusetts health reform law, commonly called "Romneycare", which requires nearly all Massachusetts residents to buy health insurance coverage or face escalating tax penalties, such as the
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By wresting control of the project from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
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And instead sought the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, which he lost to Senator John McCain
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2005· 8 entries
Announced that he would not seek reelection as governor
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Had maintained that his positions were moderate and characterized reports that he was shifting to the right to attract conservative votes as a media distortion)
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Romney revealed a change of view regarding abortion, moving from the abortion rights positions expressed during his 1994 and 2002 campaigns to an anti-abortion one in opposition to Roe v
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“severely conservative governor”
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“Why I vetoed the contraception bill". Boston Globe. 2005-07-26.”
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“Boston Globe. 2005-11-16.”
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“Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's Message: Globalize or Die", CRN.com, 2005-12-16”
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“Press conference, May 2005”
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2004· 3 entries
Romney spent considerable effort trying to bolster the state Republican Party, but it failed to gain any seats in the legislative elections that year
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“Press Release, 2004-02-24”
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“Republican Convention Speech, 2004.”
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2003· 3 entries
“Press release, 2003-02-27”
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Career landmark: Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007).
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But it subsequently declined, driven in part by his frequent out-of-state travel
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2002· 3 entries
Earned Gold Olympic Order (2002).
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That she would not seek the Republican nomination, Romney entered the race and faced no primary opposition
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The administration of acting Massachusetts governor Jane Swift was weakened by political missteps and personal scandals, leading many Republicans to doubt her ability to win reelection
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1999· 1 entry
The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 hired Romney as its president and CEO
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1998· 1 entry
Ann Romney learned that she had multiple sclerosis; Mitt described watching her fail a series of neurological tests as the worst day of his life
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1995· 1 entry
Mitt donated his inheritance to BYU's George W
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1994· 8 entries
Election won: 1994 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts.
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“I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country”
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Campaign: 1994 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts.
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“Letter to Log Cabin Republicans Club, 1994”
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“United States Senatorial debate, October 1994, quoted in Geraghty, Jim (8 October 2007), "So What Did Romney Mean When He Said, 'I Was an Independent During Reagan-Bush'?", National Review Online, retrieved on 2011-12-29”
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“United States Senatorial debate, October 1994.”
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And opposed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in 2002
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“I Was an Independent During Reagan-Bush”
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1991· 1 entry
“Senator Kerry now tells us he has a clear position on the [war on terror]. He voted no on Desert Storm in 1991 and yes on Desert Shield today. Then he voted no on [troop funding], just after he'd voted yes. He's campaigned against the [war] all year, but says he'd vote yes today. This nation can't afford [presidential leadership] that comes in 57 varieties.”
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1990· 1 entry
Facing financial collapse, Bain & Company asked Romney to return
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1987· 12 entries
“I think we ought to have more oil. We ought to develop more sources of oil so that we can increase our supply. But the last thing I want to do is suck it all dry as quickly as we can. I want to use less of it.”
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“The [president] is right to point to an international [jihadist] movement aimed at the collapse of the United States. He has gone after that threat in the right way and with great energy and vigor, and I applaud the fact that he has taken it on very seriously and has not considered it just a criminal action but instead a war action, which requires a military … response.”
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“Donald Trump è falso, è un truffatore. Le sue promesse sono prive di valore quanto un diploma della Trump University. Prende per fesso il pubblico americano: lui si fa un giro gratis alla Casa Bianca mentre tutto ciò che noi otteniamo è uno squallido cappellino.”
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“You Olympians, however, know you didn't get here solely on your own power. For most of you, loving parents, sisters or brothers, encouraged your hopes, coaches guided, communities built venues in order to organize competitions. All Olympians stand on the shoulders of those who lifted them.”
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“La libertad requiere de la religión, tanto como la religión requiere de libertad [...] La libertad y la religión perduran juntas, o mueren juntas».[Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom [...] Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone].”
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“I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone doesn't give me a good service that I need, I want to say I'm going to go get someone else to provide that service to me.”
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“Corporations are people, my friend … course they are!”
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“Se due persone dello stesso sesso vogliono vivere insieme, avere una relazione sentimentale e anche adottare un bambino, a mio parere hanno il diritto di farlo. Ma chiamare tutto ciò matrimonio è una deviazione da quello è il reale significato del termine.”
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“Bain Capital is an investment partnership which was formed to invest in startup companies and ongoing companies, then to take an active hand in managing them and hopefully, five to eight years later, to harvest them at a significant profit.”
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“Pensate alle qualità di Donald Trump come persona: il bullismo, l'avidità, l'esibizionismo, la misoginia, gli assurdi teatrini da terza elementare... Per molto tempo lo abbiamo chiamato "The Donald". È l'unica persona in tutto il Paese a cui abbiamo aggiunto un articolo prima del nome. E non è perché abbia attributi da ammirare.”
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“Citazioni in ordine temporale.”
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“I wouldn't presume to present a plan different from that of the President. But I believe he was right to take on the war on terror on an aggressive front rather than a defensive front. We toppled the government … walking away would mean a humanitarian disaster. We're there and we have a responsibility to finish the job.”
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1984· 3 entries
Romney left Bain & Company to co-found and lead the spin-off private equity investment firm Bain Capital
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Forged links with other religious institutions, allowing the congregation to rotate its meetings to other houses of worship during the reconstruction of the Belmont building
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Co-founded Bain Capital, which grew into one of the nation's largest private equity firms
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1983· 1 entry
On a 12-hour family road trip, he placed the family's dog in a windshield-equipped carrier on the roof of their car, and then washed the car and carrier after the dog suffered a bout of diarrhea
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1981· 1 entry
Told Romney his motorboat had an insufficiently visible license number and that he would face a $50 fine if he took the boat onto the lake
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1978· 1 entry
Working with such clients as the Monsanto Company, Outboard Marine Corporation, Burlington Industries, and Corning Incorporated
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1977· 2 entries
Was hired by Bain & Company, a management consulting firm in Boston formed a few years earlier by Bill Bain and several other ex-BCG employees
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Became a counselor to the president of the Boston Stake
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1975· 4 entries
As a Baker Scholar for placing in the top 5 percent of his business school class
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Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (1975).
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Studied at Harvard Business School, Master of Business Administration (1975).
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Romney moved to Boston and joined Bain & Company in 1977, later becoming its chief executive officer
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1971· 2 entries
With a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a 3
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Studied at Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Arts (1971).
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1970· 2 entries
While they were undergraduates at BYU and living in a basement apartment
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“I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my Mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”
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1966· 1 entry
Studied at Stanford University (1965–1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Cranbrook Schools (1965).
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1953· 1 entry
The family moved from Detroit to the affluent suburb of Bloomfield Hills and his father became the chairman and CEO of American Motors the following year and helped the company return to profitability
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1947· 2 entries
At Harper University Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, one of four children of automobile executive George W
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Born 1947-03-12.
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