Mitt On the Mark: Romney Cites ‘Vast Left Wing Conspiracy’ in the Media

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romneySpeaking to a right wing radio host Tuesday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney repurposed a phrase from Hillary Clinton, citing a “vast left wing conspiracy” brewing in the media and liberal advocacy organizations to derail his campaign.

Romney was making an appearance on Breitbart TV and was asked by host Larry O’Connor whether he was ready to take on “the media and these nonprofits groups that are working together.”

“There will be an effort by the quote vast left wing conspiracy to work together to put out their message and to attack me,” Romney said in response. “They’re going to do everything they can to divert from the message people care about, which is a growing economy that creates more jobs and rising incomes. That’s what people care about.”

Romney’s choice of words echoes Clinton’s assertion in 1998 that a “vast right wing conspiracy” was behind the sexual harassment charges her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was facing at the time.

“I mean, look at the very people who are involved in this – they have popped up in other settings,” Clinton, now the U.S. secretary of state, said on NBC’s “Today” in 1998. “This is – the great story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president.”

Romney said dealing with journalists, many of whom he said were biased, was a perpetual problem for Republicans.

“Many in the media are inclined to do the president’s bidding and I know that’s an uphill battle we fight with the media generally,” Romney said, before praising O’Connor for offering a conservative voice.

The candidate said he was unfazed by the prospect of doing battle with the left’s vast operation.

“Democrats know that given the president’s record over the last three years they cannot run on that record,” Romney said. “They will make this race about anything but the president’s record and the economy.”

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1 COMMENT

  1. The headline, coming from him, will go down as one of the biggest jokes of this campaign.
    (e.g. this is from a man who was/is well connected on more than one level with EVERY
    [moderate scale] media outlet in a state during the primary there.

    Hey,you got to say what goes down

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