Willard Mitt Romney é um empresário e político dos Estados Unidos. Ele foi o candidato do Partido Republicano à presidência dos Estados Unidos na eleição de 2012. Atualmente serve como Senador pelo estado de Utah.
É filho de Lenore e George W. Romney , tendo sido criado em Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Iniciando como membro da Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias em 1966, ele passou trinta meses na França como missionário mórmon. Em 1969 casou-se com Ann Davies, com quem tem cinco filhos. Em 1971, ele ganhou um Bachelor of Arts da Universidade Brigham Young e, em 1975, se formou com Juris Doctor e mestrado em Administração de Empresas pela Universidade de Harvard. Romney entrou na indústria de consultoria de gestão, e em 1977 entrou na Bain & Company. Mais tarde, como executivo-chefe da empresa, ajudou a tirar a empresa da crise financeira. Em 1984, ele co-fundou e liderou o Bain Capital, uma empresa de investimento de capital privada que se tornou altamente rentável e uma das maiores empresas desse tipo no país. Seu patrimônio líquido é estimado entre 190-250 milhões de dólares, dinheiro esse que ajudou a financiar suas campanhas políticas anteriores a de 2012.
Como um membro ativo da Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias, ele atuou como bispo de sua ala e presidente da área de Boston. Ele concorreu como candidato republicano na eleição para o senado de Massachusetts em 1994, perdendo para o senador Ted Kennedy. Em 1999, ele foi contratado como presidente e CEO do Comitê Organizador da candidatura de Salt Lake City para o Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2002. A visibilidade que ele ganhou nesse período deu-lhe a oportunidade de relançar suas aspirações políticas.
Romney foi eleito governador de Massachusetts em 2002, mas não tentou a reeleição em 2006. Durante seu mandato, ele reduziu o déficit estadual em 3 bilhões de dólares, reduzindo o financiamento do Estado para o ensino superior, fazendo corte em auxílios estatais para as cidades, levantando várias taxas e removendo brechas fiscais corporativas. Ele ajudou a desenvolver e transformar em lei a legislação estadual sobre a saúde, que ficou conhecida como "Romneycare". Foi a primeira lei sobre a regulamentação da saúde no país, fornecendo quase acesso universal a saúde através de subsídios estaduais e mandatos individuais para a compra de seguros.
Romney concorreu para a nomeação republicana na eleição presidencial de 2008, ganhando em várias primárias e caucus, mas perdeu a indicação para John McCain. Em junho de 2011, ele anunciou que iria concorrer em 2012. Em maio de 2012, ele ganhou caucus e primárias suficientes para tornar-se o provável candidato do partido, e em 28 de agosto, a Convenção Nacional Republicana de 2012 oficializou sua candidatura. Em novembro, concorreu contra o então presidente Barack Obama, que visava a reeleição. Romney acabou sendo derrotado por uma margem de 4.9 milhões de votos nas urnas e por 126 votos no colégio eleitoral.Após a derrota na disputa pela Casa Branca, Romney se mudou para Utah, onde foi eleito para uma cadeira do Senado em 2018. Em 2020, Romney foi o único senador republicano que votou a favor da condenação do presidente Donald Trump no processo de Impeachment.
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“Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom.”
Faith in America speech, 2007
Contexto: Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.
CNN Republican presidential debate, Los Angeles, , quoted in
2011
Contexto: Rick, I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life... We had a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants, and when that was pointed out to us, we let them go... So we went to the company and we said, "Look, you can't have any illegals working on our property. I'm running for office, for Pete's sake. I can't have illegals."
“So, all total, the tax rate is really closer to 45 or 50%.”
interview with Univision
2012
Contexto: Jorge Ramos: You just released your tax returns. In 2010 you only paid 13% of taxes while most Americans paid much more than that. Is that fair?
Mitt Romney Well, actually, I released two years of taxes and I think the average is almost 15%. And then also, on top of that, I gave another more 15% to charity. When you add it together with all of the taxes and the charity, particularly in the last year, I think it reaches almost 40% that I gave back to the community. One of the reasons why we have a lower tax rate on capital gains is because capital gains are also being taxed at the corporate level. So as businesses earn profits, that's taxed at 35%, then as they distribute those profits as dividends, that's taxed at 15% more. So, all total, the tax rate is really closer to 45 or 50%.
Jorge Ramos: But is it fair what you pay, 13%, while most pay much more than that?
Mitt Romney Well, again, I go back to the point that the, that the funds are being taxed twice at two different levels.
“I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”
Speech to Chamber of Commerce in Nashua, New Hampshire, , quoted in
2012
Contexto: I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone doesn't give me a good service that I need, I want to say I'm going to go get someone else to provide that service to me.
"Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's Message: Globalize or Die", CRN.com, 2005-12-16 http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HV04UPK5RVOU2QSNDBNCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=174300587
2003–2007 Governor of Massachusetts
2012-08-31
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/30/160357612/transcript-mitt-romneys-acceptance-speech
Transcript: Mitt Romney's Acceptance Speech
NPR
2012
Presidential debate, , * 2012-10-03
2012 presidential debate: President Obama and Mitt Romney’s remarks in Denver on Oct. 3
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/2012-presidential-debate-president-obama-and-mitt-romneys-remarks-in-denver-on-oct-3-running-transcript/2012/10/03/24d6eb6e-0d91-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story_4.html
2012-10-04, viewable at [2012-10-03, Special Programming : Mitt Romney zingers at first presidential debate, CNN, YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PvpBLQXEJg, 2012-10-04]
in response to President Obama's assertion, "His running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a budget... it wasn't very detailed (this seems to be a trend), but what it did do, if you extrapolated how much money we're talking about, you'd look at cutting the education budget up to 20%."
possibly paraphrasing "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.", attributed to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
2012
2016, Remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race
Republican Convention Speech, 2004.
2003–2007 Governor of Massachusetts
Press Conference: Announcing Candidacy for Presidency, 2007-02-13 http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/13/romney.announce/index.html
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President
Those of us who are people of faith recognize this is — an attack on one religion is an attack on all religion.
2012-04-03
Romney: Obama wants to ‘establish a religion called secularism’
David
Edwards
The Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/03/romney-obama-wants-to-establish-a-religion-called-secularism/
2012-04-13
2012
Univision interview, , quoted in * 2012-09-19
Will Romney's claim he's for '100 percent' help him bounce back? (+video)
Steve
Holland
Christian Science Monitor / Reuters
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0919/Will-Romney-s-claim-he-s-for-100-percent-help-him-bounce-back-video, also in [2012-09-19, RomneyComms, Romney: My Campaign Is About The 100 Percent, YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwU2wjYyiM]
2012
quoting Fidel Castro's speech-ending slogan "Fatherland or death, we shall overcome"
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President
Sargent
Greg
w:Greg Sargent
Mitt Romney: We don’t need more cops, firefighters or teachers
The Washington Post
2012
June 8, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/mitt-romney-we-dont-need-more-cops-firefighters-or-teachers/2012/06/08/gJQAvOgDOV_blog.html
2012-06-09
2012
Interview on Hardball with Chris Matthews, December 2005.
2003–2007 Governor of Massachusetts
2012
2016, Remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race
[2012-02-05, Nevada Caucus 2012 Full Victory Speech: Mitt Romney Targets President Obama's Economic Policies, ABC News, YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lALG8hwQ_iw]
2012
Mitt Romney 2012 Presidential Campaign Announcement Speech http://blog.4president.org/2012/2011/06/mitt-romney-2012-presidential-campaign-announcement-speech-june-2-2011-stratham-new-hampshire-remark.html
2011
[2007-04-20, Romney's Energy Gaffe, Ryan Sager, The New York Sun, http://www.nysun.com/national/romneys-energy-gaffe/52883/]
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President
[2009-07-30, Mr. President, what's the rush?, USA Today, 7A, http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090730/column30_st.art.htm]
2009
Fonte: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, 2010, Chapter 6, pgs. 162 - 163
“I don't think you change Washington from the inside. I think you change it from the outside.”
2007-12-30
Mitt on Huck, McCain, Ann
NBC News
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2007/12/30/4429528-mitt-on-huck-mccain-ann
2012-09-21
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President
Facebook, March 18, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/mittromney/posts/10153370698696121
2016
2012-05-23
http://thepage.time.com/2012/05/23/the-complete-romney-interview-transcript/
The Complete Romney Interview Transcript
TIME
2012
Press Release, 2004-02-24 http://myclob.pbwiki.com/02-24-2004
2003–2007 Governor of Massachusetts
In response to the question, "How would you run against Hillary and Bill Clinton in November?", MSNBC, Republican Presidential Candidate Debate, FL, 2007-01-25
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President
2012-08-31
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/30/160357612/transcript-mitt-romneys-acceptance-speech
Transcript: Mitt Romney's Acceptance Speech
NPR
[2012-08-30, gopconvention2012, Mitt Romney: Introduction (video), YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cGyPwt5UI]
2012
