Campaign Statements — Mitt Romney
Monday January 16, 2012
“Of course you take out our enemies, wherever they are. These people declared war on us. They’ve killed Americans. We go anywhere they are, and we kill them. The right thing for Osama bin Laden was the bullet in the—in the head that he received. That’s the right thing for people who kill American citizens. Now, the Taliban is killing Americans. This president has done an extraordinary thing. He announced the date of our withdrawal. He announced the date of the withdrawal of our surge forces based upon a political calendar, not the calendar that the commanders on the ground said it was based for our mission. That was wrong.”
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CATEGORIES: Afghanistan | Iraq | Mitt Romney | War on Terror |
Monday January 16, 2012
“I have indicated I would veto the DREAM Act if provisions included in that act to say that people who are here illegally, if they go to school here long enough, get a degree here that they can become permanent residents.I think that’s a mistake. I think we have to follow the law and insist those who come here illegally, ultimately return home, apply, and get in line with everyone else.
Look, I want people to know I love legal immigration. Almost all of us in this room are descendants of immigrants or are immigrants ourselves. Our nation is stronger and more vibrant by virtue of a strong legal immigration system.But to protect our legal immigration system we have got to protect our borders and stop the flood of illegal immigration and I will not do anything that opens up another wave of illegal immigration.”
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CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Immigration | Mitt Romney |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“We’re facing a very dangerous world. And we have a president now who unbelievably has decided to shrink the size of the military. Who unbelievably has said, for the first time since FDR, we’re going to no longer have the capacity to fight two wars at a time.”
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CATEGORIES: American Exceptionalism | Mitt Romney | War on Terror |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“The Iranian people have come to the streets—have taken to the streets repeatedly and still do, in trying to overthrow their government. And we had a president of the United States who stood silently by as thousands were killed on the streets, and did nothing. Did nothing. In fact, he tacitly supported the results of the election. Now Ahmadinejad announced right after the election polls were closed that he won with 60-some percent of the vote and the president of the United States said, well, that sounds like a legitimate election. Obviously a Chicago politician.”
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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Iran | Mitt Romney |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“The Iranian people love America because we stand up for the truth and say—and call evil, which is what Ahmadinejad and the mullahs are, we call evil what it is. That’s why they admire us, because we tell the truth.”
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CATEGORIES: American Exceptionalism | Iran | Mitt Romney | War on Terror |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“We want to bring our troops home as soon as we possibly can. And—and I will, if I’m president, I will inform myself based upon the experience of the people on the ground that are leading our effort there. I want to make sure that we hand off the responsibility to an Afghan security force that is capable of maintaining the sovereignty of their nation from—from the Taliban.”
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Saturday January 07, 2012
“We have a nation, which is intent on becoming nuclear. Iran has pursued their—their ambition without having crippling sanctions against them. The president was silent when over a million voices took to the streets in Iran. Voices he should have stood up for and said, we’re supporting you. And he’s—and he’s failed to put together a plan to show Iran that we have the capacity to remove them militarily from their plans to have nuclear weaponry.”
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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Iran | Mitt Romney | War on Terror |
Wednesday December 21, 2011
“I don’t think it’s unusual on the part of this president to have finally taken out Osama bin Laden…I think in a setting like this one where Osama bin Laden was identified to be hiding in Pakistan, that it was entirely appropriate for this president to move in and to take him out…In a similar circumstance, I think other presidents and other candidates, like myself, would do exactly the same thing.”
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Thursday December 15, 2011
“So you say to people who are here illegally today, you are not going to be able to work here unless you register, unless—and we will give you transition period of time, and then ultimately you have got to go home, apply for permanent residency here or citizenship, if you want to try and do that, but get in line behind everyone else.
My view is, people who have come here illegally, we welcome you to apply but you must get at the back of the line, because there are millions of people who are in line right now that want to come here legally. I want those to come here legally. Those that are here illegally have to get in line with everybody else.”
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CATEGORIES: Immigration | Mitt Romney |
Thursday December 15, 2011
“The right course for America is to strengthen our economy, our values, our families, and our military. We need to rebuild our Navy and go from nine ships a year to 15. We need to modernize our Air Force. We need 100,000 new additional troops in our military. We need to take care of our veterans in the way they deserve. It is time for us to recognize once again a strong military does not create war. A strong America prevents people from trying to test us around the world.”
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