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Mass. Governor: My mother was part of the '47 percent'

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 4, 2012 on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 4, 2012 on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.Stan Honda / AFP - Getty Images

Mitt Romney is “turning his back on half the country” said Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Sunday's Meet the Press. Patrick, who succeeded Romney as governor, was referring to the Republican candidate's now famous remarks about the “47 percent” of Americans who don’t pay federal income tax.
 
Patrick said his mother had relied on food stamps and that she worked “to get to a better place, to get her GED, to get a job, to stand on her own two feet. The notion that she, or we, or people like us would be belittled while we needed some help to be able to stand on our own two feet is exactly what Governor Romney is conveying.”



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