CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Not true. Though Mitt Romney has been accused of flip-flopping by some Republican rivals, he has not gone so far as to switch parties.
Fellow Republican Judd Gregg, a senator from early-voting New Hampshire, began an endorsement speech for Romney this way on Monday: “You know if somebody had said I was going to endorse a Democrat …”
The crowd groaned. Gregg started over.
“If somebody said I was going to endorse a Democrat, they’d be absolutely wrong,” he said. “We don’t need any more Democrats as president of the United States. We had enough when we had Bill Clinton”
The crowd cheered as Gregg pivoted back to his scripted statement, a humorous reference to interstate rivalry.
“But if somebody had also said I’d endorse a former governor of Massachusetts for president of the United States, I’d say, well, I didn’t think the Red Sox would win the World Series twice in my lifetime either.” That was a reference to the Boston baseball team that won the title Sunday night – a triumph that many in New Hampshire celebrated.
Romney’s GOP presidential rivals say he has made major changes in his political stances on such issues as abortion and gay marriage.
since his campaigns in his home state.
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Compiled by Philip Elliott.
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