Mitt Romney Says He “Misspoke” About The “Very Poor” [Video]

Mitt Romney said this week that he’s “not concerned about the very poor” and now the GOP presidential hopeful is attempting to backpedal his statement.

In an interview with a Nevada reporter Romney said:

“It was a misstatement. I’ve said something that is similar to that but quite acceptable for a long time.”

For the record Romney’s “acceptable” comment from the past appears to be that he doesn’t care just about the rich but also the middle class, which in reality doesn’t change the shocking statement he chose to make about the “very poor.”

He then stated:

“When you do I don’t know how many thousands of interviews now and then you may get it wrong. And I misspoke. Plain and simple.”

The full Romney interview will air on Face to Face with Jon Ralston.

Here’s a video highlighting what occurred in the aftermath of his original comment. Note that Romney once again states that he’s not concerned about the “Very Poor” because they have a safety net. He doesn’t seem to understand that his statement once against shows that he isn’t concerned with the “very poor.”

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Ironically Romney states “no doubt we will hear from the Democrat party about the plight of the poor” almost as if to say “I’m not worried about the poor, the Democrats will take care of them.”

If Romney wants to dig himself any deeper he should continue to talk about class support in the United States because he really doesn’t seem to understand the plight of anyone who makes less than a million dollars per year.

Do you think Romney’s statement and his lack of clarifying his remarks will hurt his chance against President Obama should he win the GOP primary?