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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Romney's Secret 47% Tape (2012) w/ David Corn
Description: It’s September 17th. In 2012, durig the home stretch of the presidential election, a secretly-recorded tape of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser upended the race. The video showed him talking about “47% of Americans” who don’t pay taxes, expect to live off government largesse — and are not voters that Romney is concerned with.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by David Corn, DC Bureau Chief for Mother Jones magazine, who broke the story of the leaked tape. They discuss how the tape came into David’s hands, why it had such a big impact, and what it articulated...