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Romney calls Sharpton comments 'bigoted'
By UPI Staff
United Press International
May 10, 2007
FORT DODGE, Iowa (UPI) -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the Rev. Al Sharpton's comments about Mormonism and the 2008 election were "bigoted."
Sharpton, in a debate Monday with atheist author Christopher Hitchens, said "As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don't worry about that."
Romney told reporters in Iowa Wednesday that Sharpton's comments were "a very unfortunate choice of words on his part."
"I think it was a bigoted statement," he said.
Sharpton said he was not implying Mormons did not believe in God, The New York Times said.
"I predicted that believers (not atheists) would vote against the candidate, in this case, Mr. Romney, for political, not religious reasons," Sharpton said in a statement. "In no way did I attack Mormons or the Mormon Church, when I responded that other believers, not atheists, would vote against Mr. Romney for purely political reasons."
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