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October 17, 2012

Romney's "Binders Full of Women" Remark Goes Viral 
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Among the topics raised by audience members at the presidential debate
Tuesday night were a few largely ignored in the first debate, including
immigration policy, gun control and the gender pay gap. One particular
response from Mitt Romney about recruiting women for cabinet posts in
Massachusetts went viral.

Mitt Romney: "We took a concerted effort to go out and find women who
had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our
cabinet. I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us
find folks,' and they brought us whole binders full of women."

The phrase "binders full of women" exploded on social media Tuesday
night, at one point receiving more than 40,000 mentions on Twitter in
one minute.

 

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