Posted on 01/14/2012 6:54:40 PM PST by Steelfish
Romney Gives Cash To Struggling Supporter At Rally
Sumter, South Carolina (CNN) – Mitt Romney gave a handful of cash Saturday to a woman who had told him she was struggling financially after an event in Sumter, South Carolina.
An aide said the GOP candidate gave the supporter "what he had on him" - about $50 or $60.
The woman, Ruth Williams, met Romney earlier in the week and told him she was having trouble making ends meet. On Saturday, Romney recognized Williams while he was shaking hands with supporters after a rally, an aide said.
Romney spoke to the woman and handed her several bills.
"He was kind to me," Williams said. "He held onto me and he made Gov. [Nikki] Haley and them come see about me."
Williams told reporters that on Wednesday she had seen Romney's campaign bus on the highway and followed it to an airport. Aides then invited her to come meet the former governor at an event in Columbia.
"I was on the highway praying and said, 'God, tell me how to get [my] lights on, and I pulled up to a stop sign and his bus was there,'" Williams said.
Williams has been out of work since October and is caring for an ill son. She said that after meeting Romney she had also met South Carolina state treasurer and Romney supporter Curtis Loftis, and said he had given her money. She said she used the money to pay her light bill.
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Yes, sir. Obama will give her more than $50 of your money and probably already is. :-)
AND DRAG AN EMBARRASSED NIKKI HALEY OUT OF HER LAIR AFTER SHE CASHED THAT 36K CHECK
And mitt and his people know this. This is just a rub in our faces ‘I’m untouchable’.
But he’s not... if the U. S. Marshalls saw him do it, it would be their duty to arrest him...
Just sayin.
You bet... if Perry tried to pull this Eric Holder himself would slap the cuffs on him.
Orchestrated by Mitt’s campaign?
Now imagine if one of the other candidates had done this. The media caterwauling would be deafening. It would consume many news cycles in the coming days. But, since it’s Romney... doubt we’ll hear much about it...
I wanna see the part where she counts the cash and sez “That all?”
Spare me....
Strange gesture, especially creepy because we have 20 years of his campaigning and we know his phoniness and his unwavering commitment to a strict script.
Columbia, S.C. has a very big mormon temple.
LOOKS THAT WAY TO ME. May get very interesting.
Next, whose money did the State treasurer use to give her.
You're not supposed to notice those things.
I don’t think there’s a face palm big enough for this.
Believe it or not, I’ve heard those words before from beggars that show up at church - BEFORE or AFTER the service, of course. They never attend, just take.
Post of the evening!!
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