MIAMI, Fla. — Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a “Meet the Candidates” forum sponsored by Univision that though his father was born in Mexico, he didn’t consider himself Mexican-American — but he wouldn’t mind if Floridians thought he was when they cast their ballot in the GOP primary Tuesday.
“I would love to be able to convince people of that particularly in a Florida primary,” Romney said when the forum’s moderator Jorge Ramos asked if the former Massachusetts governor would consider himself as the first Hispanic president if elected considering his father was born south of the border.
“But I think that might be disingenuous on my part because in my case my dad was born in Mexico and I am proud of my heritage, but he was born of U.S. citizens who were living in Mexico at the time and was not Hispanic. He never spoke Spanish nor did his parents so I can’t claim that honor. But he lived in Mexico until he was 5 or 6 years old and then with revolution in Mexico his parents and he as a young boy came back to the United States and settled in the Western part of the country.”
Pressed again by the moderator, who said Romney’s father would be “by definition” Mexican under that country’s constitution, Romney said he didn’t think voters would buy it if he went around claiming to be Mexican-American.
“I don’t think people would think I was being honest with them if I told them I was Mexican-American but I would appreciate if you would get that word out,” Romney said.
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