Romney Spox Ignores Context, Reiterates ‘You Didn’t Build That’ Attack

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Romney campaign press secretary Andrea Saul on Tuesday was called out for the Republican ticket’s repeated use of President Barack Obama’s out-of-context “you didn’t build that” line.

During Saul’s appearance on MSNBC, host Andrea Mitchell highlighted the correct context of Obama’s remarks — that the president was referring to infrastructure and not businesses — but the Romney spokeswoman refused to cede the point.

MITCHELL: When we talk about he didn’t build it, we both know the context of that. All of the fact checkers, Andrea, show that that was — he was talking about the bridges and the infrastructure that goes into building a small business. 

SAUL: Well, we know what he meant because he said it. He said if you have a small business, you didn’t build that, somebody else made that happen. And it’s not just that one sentence. He said time and again through his policies that he’s hostile to job creators. He wants to raise taxes on small businesses. He’s putting more burdensome regulation on all these job creators and it’s just not a way to create jobs and make sure the economy can get going again.

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