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Romney called for mothers on welfare to get jobs

By Callum Borchers

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 15, 2012

Mitt Romney last week declared his belief that “all moms are working moms,” but he insisted as recently as January that women on welfare need to get jobs, even if they have young children. Romney defended his wife, Ann, a stay-at-home mother, after Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen said that Ann Romney is unqualified to speak for women’s economic concerns. Romney, himself, has said the “all moms are working moms” argument does not apply to mothers on welfare.

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