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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 10:38 AM Jan 2012

GOP debate audience BOOS Romney’s Mexican heritage

GOP debate audience boos Romney’s Mexican heritage

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may be in the lead in the Palmetto state, but that doesn’t mean South Carolinians necessarily like him.

During a Fox News debate at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Monday, the Republican audience booed loudly after being told that Romney’s father was born in Mexico.

In a report last week, NBC revealed that Romney’s great grandfather, Miles Park Romney, had fled to Mexico with other Mormons to escape persecution for polygamy. Romney’s father, George, was later born in the northern Mexico colony of Colonia Dublan.

At the age of five, George Romney returned to the United States illegally after the Mexican Revolution broke out.

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VIDEO & MORE:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/16/gop-debate-audience-boos-romneys-mexican-heritage/



(hate to say it folks, but those "BOOS" will come back & BITE you!!!, kpete)

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GOP debate audience BOOS Romney’s Mexican heritage (Original Post) kpete Jan 2012 OP
WAIT, WHAT??!! Romney came back ILLEGALLY AND HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT? How is this legal? Ecumenist Jan 2012 #1
is it our turn now? I do hope so.... Charlemagne Jan 2012 #4
No, his father did. harmonicon Jan 2012 #6
His father was an illegal alien. HOW'D HE RUN FOR PRESIDENT? Ecumenist Jan 2012 #7
It's unclear if he was - it was a long time ago. harmonicon Jan 2012 #8
I watched it Astrad Jan 2012 #2
Pretty big statement Charlemagne Jan 2012 #3
"ANCHOR BABY!!! ANCHOR BABY!!!" KansDem Jan 2012 #5
Way to keep it classy, Republican audiences agentS Jan 2012 #9
Oh, my. Scurrilous Jan 2012 #10
 

Charlemagne

(576 posts)
4. is it our turn now? I do hope so....
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 11:01 AM
Jan 2012

Mitt Romney's great-grandfather fled to Mexico to practice polygamy (marriage laws). Then Mitt's family comes into the US illegally (immigration). Following his party's thinking, Mitt should return to Mexico since he is not legitimately permitted to stay. And, his family has a history of "abnormal" marriages.

Where is your birth certificate, Mitt? I think he is a marxist too. In his early 20's he lived in socialist France for a couple of years.

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
6. No, his father did.
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 11:34 AM
Jan 2012

However, being an illegal immigrant was never brought up when his father ran for president and was the governor of Michigan. I don't think the same rules apply to white Mexicans who speak English.

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
8. It's unclear if he was - it was a long time ago.
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:07 PM
Jan 2012

The reason is that it's not clear if Mitt's grandparents were qualified as citizens or not. If they weren't, George Romney was an illegal immigrant. If they were, he wasn't and could run for president, because he was a citizen because his parents were.

Astrad

(466 posts)
2. I watched it
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 10:58 AM
Jan 2012

and it sounded to me like they were booing because it was mentioned by the questioner. So they were Romney defenders.

That said, the audience was disgustingly jingoistic.

agentS

(1,325 posts)
9. Way to keep it classy, Republican audiences
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:22 PM
Jan 2012

I'm sure they would boo kittens if Juan Williams had asked a question about them.

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