PRESS
RELEASE
from
Mitt Romney
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
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CONTACT: Romney Press Office
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February 6, 2012
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MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES
ENDORSEMENT OF FORMER GOVERNOR PETE WILSON AND NAMES HIM HONORARY
CALIFORNIA CHAIR
Boston, MA – Mitt Romney
today announced the endorsement of Governor Pete Wilson and named him
Honorary California Chair.
“I’m
honored to have Governor Pete Wilson’s support, because he’s one of
California’s most accomplished leaders. As governor of California from
1991 to 1999, he led California from the depths of recession to
prosperous economic recovery. Taking office with an inherited revenue
gap of over $14 million, he left his successor a surplus of over $12.5
million. Insisting on strict budget discipline and rehabilitation of
the state’s then-hostile environment toward investment and job
creation, Pete persuaded Democratic Legislative majorities to enact
dramatic tax and regulatory relief especially helpful to small
businesses.”
Announcing
his support, Governor Wilson said, “Mitt Romney is an enthusiastic
believer in American exceptionalism and has been a spectacular example
of it: Mitt has been a success in creating American private sector
jobs, a success as the rescuer of the Salt Lake City Olympic games, and
as a public chief executive as the Republican governor in the
challenging environment of heavily Democratic Massachusetts. It is
clear that he will be a success in the White House---as the strong
leader America so desperately needs to reverse the unprecedented and
utterly irresponsible borrowing, taxing and spending of the Obama
administration. And as the most electable top of our ticket, his
candidacy will attract the support of Republican, Independent and wise
Democratic voters---and is rightly seen by down-ticket Republican
candidates as the nominee most beneficial to them in their own races.
He is the leader we need to rescue this great nation from the tragedy
of a second Obama term that threatens grave and perhaps irreparable
harm to both our economy and our national security. Mitt Romney will
provide the leadership to create the confidence and certainty of
judgment needed to stimulate investment that creates jobs rather than
green taxpayer-funded bankruptcies. He will restore America's
strength and credibility, and win back respect for America
from both
our friends and our enemies.”
Background
On Pete Wilson:
Pete
Wilson served as the 36th governor of California (1991–1999), the
culmination of more than three decades of public service that included
eight years as a United States Senator (1983–1991), eleven years as
Mayor of San Diego (1971–1982) and four years as a California State
Assemblyman (1967–1971). Governor Wilson is a Principal with the
Bingham Consulting Group as well as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of
the Herbert Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A United States
Marine, he also serves on the Board of Trustees for the National World
War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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