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Author and legal scholar Ian Haney López says Mitt Romney's infamous statement played into existing racial biases and was "the narrative that his audience wants to hear."
In this video clip, Ian Haney López recalls how "the great communicator" used racial tensions to sway middle-class white Americans to vote for policies not in their self-interest.