Greg Sargent of the Washington Post reached out to the Rick Perry campaign for a response to this resurfaced video that’s doing the rounds, in which Mitt Romney labels his views as “progressive.” Here’s what Perry’s spokesperson had to say:
“It’s no surprise that Mitt Romney would have described himself as having progressive views: A quick look at his record shows that he pursued plenty of progressive policies as governor, including notably raising business taxes, the individual mandate to purchase health insurance and global warming policies. In fact, Mr. Romney and Speaker Gingrich share progressive policies on government mandated health insurance and climate change.”
Read his full post here
