'He wasn’t expressing any disdain for people who are poor,' Romney said. Ann Romney: Remarks 'taken out of context'

Ann Romney came to her husband’s defense Tuesday, insisting that the GOP presidential nominee’s “47 percent” comments were “taken out of context” and that he doesn’t disdain the poor.

“It’s unfortunate when something gets misinterpreted like this or it’s taken out of context because if you really do listen to everything that he does say, he’s talking about what we’re facing in America right now,” Romney told a Fox affiliate in Denver. “We’re facing some really difficult situations. If we don’t take corrective measures soon, more and more people will be dependent on government, and that’s not what he wants. He wants to have more economic opportunity for people. He wants to have better jobs for people.”


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“So he wasn’t expressing any disdain for people who are poor or who are on entitlement programs at this point?” the Fox reporter asked.

“Absolutely not,” she replied. “Absolutely not. That’s totally not so.”

Mitt Romney has been under fire since progressive magazine Mother Jones released a video from a closed-door fundraiser in May where he said that 47 percent of Americans “are dependent upon government” and “believe that they are victims” — and that “they will vote for this president no matter what.”