Gaffe city: Mitt Romney’s disastrous PR trip to London
The presumptive GOP candidate was supposed to show his foreign policy savvy, instead he made headlines for saying all the wrong things. A media trainer offers advice for the rest of Romney’s trip.
Based on his performance in England, I’m hoping he doesn’t attempt Jewish and Polish jokes during his next two stops.
His series of gaffes has pundits a-flutter and social media users a-tweeting, with hashtags such as #RomneyShambles, #AmericanBorat, and #MittHitsTheFans among the more prominent Twitter topics on Friday.
Former Governor Romney began his tour of England by sitting down with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams. When asked a softball question, Romney gave an answer that didn’t exactly demonstrate his international savoir-faire:
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