Romney was reportedly accusing the president of doling out "gifts" to minority voters to curry their support for a second term.
Mitt
Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss to President Obama
was a disappointing result that neither he nor his top aides had
expected, but said he believed his team ran a “superb” campaign with “no
drama,” and attributed his rival’s victory to “the gifts” the
administration had given to blacks, Hispanics and young voters during
Obama’s first term.
Obama, Romney argued, had been “
very generous to blacks, Hispanics and young voters. He cited as
motivating factors to young voters the administration’s plan for
partial forgiveness of college loan interest and the extension of health coverage for students
on their parents’ insurance plans well into their 20s. Free
contraception coverage under Obama’s healthcare plan, he added, gave an
extra incentive to college-age women to back the president.
Romney argued that Obama’s healthcare plan’s promise of coverage “in perpetuity” was “
highly motivational”
to those voters making $25,000 to $35,000 who might not have been
covered, as well as to African American and Hispanic voters. Pivoting to
immigration, Romney said the Obama campaign’s efforts to
paint him as “anti-immigrant”
had been effective and that the administration’s promise to offer what
he called [b]“amnesty” to the children of illegal immigrants [/b]had
helped turn out Hispanic voters in record numbers.
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