Tag: Mitt Romney

The GOP Tried to Fix its Woman Problem After 2012. It Failed Miserably.

Posted on October 11, 2016December 3, 2016 by Kelly Dittmar

Laura Bassett, Huffington Post – October 11, 2016

When Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney by double digits among women in 2012, it seemed as if the GOP’s “woman problem” had hit its nadir. It all added up to calamity for the Republican Party. Female voters soundly rejected Romney, Akin and other male GOP candidates in 2012.

Mitt Romney Mocks Trump’s ‘Foreign’ Wives: ‘There Really Are Jobs Americans Won’t Do’

Posted on March 23, 2016March 25, 2016 by Kelly Dittmar

Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress – March 23, 2016

“Donald Trump has had several foreign wives,” Romney joked at the annual dinner for the National Republican Congressional Committee Tuesday night. “It turns out that there really are jobs Americans won’t do.” The joke may seem like a one-off, but it’s building off a strategy the anti-Trump coalition is trying out this week: slut-shaming.