Romney Tells Obama to ‘Start Packing’ in ABC News Exclusive Interview
ABC News ^ | 4/16/2012 | Russell Goldman
Russell Goldman
By Russell Goldman @GoldmanRussell Follow on Twitter Apr 16, 2012 2:50pm Romney Tells Obama to ‘Start Packing’ in ABC News Exclusive Interview Email 48 Smaller Font Text Larger Text | Print
Acting very much like the GOP nominee, Mitt Romney sent a curt message to President Obama today: “Start packing.”
The message, delivered with a chuckle, came in an exclusive interview with “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer who asked the presumptive GOP nominee if he had something to say to the president.
Romney said Obama’s “policies have not helped the American people. They have not helped get jobs, they have not helped raise incomes and they’ve added trillions of dollars of debt.”
He was backed by his wife of 43 years, Ann Romney, who told Sawyer she also had a message for Obama. “I believe it’s… Mitt’s time… It’s our turn now,” she said.
See the exclusive interview tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET on “World News With Diane Sawyer” and 11:35 p.m. ET on “Nightline.”
Last week, the Romney campaign was able to flip the Democrats’ so-called “war on women” strategy by highlighting a Democratic strategist’s attacks on Ann Romney for never holding a job. Ann Romney told a GOP fundraiser this weekend that the failed Democratic talking point had been a “birthday gift.”
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