John Kerry: ‘Mitt Romney Is Perpetrating A Fraud On The American People’

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On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said Mitt Romney’s tax reform plan — at least its promise of revenue neutrality — is one big fraud.

“Mitt Romney is perpetrating a fraud on the American people,” he said. Referring to Romney’s $5 trillion plan, Kerry said, “If you gave him all the deductions that there are … you’ve got $2.5 trillion. He doesn’t want all the deductions. And he’s trying to fake it to the American people.”

“You have a man running for the presidency of the United States of America on the central issue of our time and he’s not being straight with the American people. I find it stunning — it’s to me disqualifying.”

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