US election: Mitt Romney stands by 'gaffe' comments

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

18 September 2012 Last updated at 03:39 GMT Help

Mitt Romney has defended remarks he made at a private donor dinner after a secretly filmed video emerged showing him disparaging Barack Obama voters.

 

In the footage, the Republican nominee is shown saying that the 47% of Americans who back the president do not pay income tax and would never vote for him.

 

At a press conference following the publication of the video, he told reporters that his thoughts were "not elegantly stated" but that he stood by the idea behind them.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19632019

[Nin-Yaaban]

Mitt Romney waa Qashin. Vote Obama.