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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Romney Retirement: The Mitt Romney Files

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

From moderate governor, to flip-flopping presidential candidate, to Santos-chastising Senator, Willard Mitt Romney has binders full of courage. Jon Stewart covers Romney's 2012 presidential run with special guests Jason Jones and John Oliver. Trevor Noah recaps Sen. Romney's decision to vote for Trump's impeachment and Chelsea Handler covers Romney's special SOTU message for Rep. George Santos.

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0:00.0

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0:28.5

or wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:39.6

Right before Mitt Romney's acceptance speech, conventioneers are going to, as always, be exposed.

0:45.4

I mean, treated to a brief biographical film about the nominee. Now, you may not have seen it.

0:50.8

Luckily, we have received an advanced copy of said film. And as a public service,

0:56.8

we would like to show you Mitt Romney's biographical film shown at the convention.

1:01.5

This year, the American people face a choice between a self-made businessman.

1:07.5

I know how extraordinarily difficult it is to build something from from nothing.

1:12.0

An erratic collectivist who says things like, if you've got a business,

1:16.7

that you didn't build that. I'm this. I was not born in this country and I am the leader of al-Qaeda.

1:22.6

This is the story of Mitt Romney, a human being who built that.

1:29.6

George W. Romney was a wealthy auto executive and future Michigan governor.

1:34.5

But being born his son was anything but luck.

1:37.7

Willard Mitt Romney won the coveted position only by out competing thousands of less motivated

1:43.4

sperm? And though when he was a teenager, the Romney family was for a time forced to take shelter

1:49.5

in public housing, young Mitt refused on principle to take taxpayer money for his schooling,

1:56.0

instead convincing a local businessman to invest in his future.

2:01.9

And then, Vietnam. Romney volunteered to serve. In France, a moment missionary bravely

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