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May 11, 2012

Romney Bullied Gay High School Classmate 
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Five people who attended high school with Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney have come forward to reveal Romney bullied a
student who was thought to be gay. Speaking to the Washington Post,
Romney's former classmates at Michigan's Cranbrook School say Romney
became incensed after seeing the student, John Lauber, with bleached
blonde hair. According to their account, Romney and other classmates
tackled Lauber to the ground and then forcefully cut off his hair with a
pair of scissors. Speaking to Fox News Radio, Romney said he could not
recall the 1965 incident and initially laughed when confronted with the
details. He then offered a conditional apology.

Brian Kilmeade: "They say that you and a couple of his friends, this guy
was thought to be a homosexual, cut his hair — pinned him down and
cut his hair. Do you remember any of this?"

Mitt Romney: "(Laughter) I don’t remember that incident and I’ll
tell you I certainly don’t believe that I, I can’t speak for other
people of course, thought the fellow was homosexual. That was the
furthest thing from my mind back in the 1960s, so that was not the case.
But as to pranks that were played back then, I don’t remember them
all, but again, high school days, if I did stupid things, why I’m
afraid I got to say sorry for it."

 

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