Romney donates to American Red Cross

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accepts a food donation from a supporter on October 30, 2012 in Kettering, Ohio.

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An aide to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tells CBS News that Romney personally donated to the American Red Cross on Monday to assist disaster relief efforts in the wake of Sandy.

Romney, who replaced campaign events on Monday and Tuesday with "storm relief events" and has urged his supporters to donate to the American Red Cross as well, mailed a check on Monday. A Romney spokesman declined to specify the amount donated.

In a statement, the American Red Cross thanked Romney for his support and praised both campaigns for urging people to donate: "The American Red Cross appreciates the support from the Romney campaign and is working with the campaign to process this donation of supplies. We are grateful that both the Obama and Romney campaigns have also encouraged the public to send financial donations to the Red Cross. We encourage individuals who want to help to consider making a financial donation or making an appointment to give blood."

[densoko]

New York and New Jersey waited for days for food and supplies to start being delivered. Shame on them for saying anything negative about any donation given to the hurricane victims. The only mistake Romney made is in donating it to the Red Cross. I bet the people who got that food weren't upset about it.

Of course the Red Cross wants money - but what percent goes to the hurrican cause or directly to hurricane Sandy supplies??

[tiffanysart]

Romney donated money too. How much money has Obama donated?

[Joedupont]

Dear CBS,
I could not believe the smug and disrespectful comments of Red Cross Officials in reaction to Mitt Romney's appeals for aid for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. With salaries of President of Red Cross well over $400,000 and the president of United Way close behind, I'll give my donations to the Salvation Army. Associated Press must have loved to have the Red Cross Politicize this disaster and spin it towards Osama's favor. That's what Associated Press Chairman Dean Singleton wanted! And apparently that's what he and his reporters are getting! Thank God there are still a few independent Newspapers who are not buying the Obama agenda!

[beatlesfavband]

You need to do some research. It is Romney who was disrespectful and spinning the disaster to his advantage. His staff bought canned foods, etc., which if you read the official Red Cross policy, only confuse and hinder rescue events. They ask for money and blood. They then distributed these goods to Romney's supporters and did a photo-op of Mr. Romney accepting these 'donations'. He's the one trying to spin the disaster in his favor. Romney as usual brought this upon himself. A fake photo-op and an excuse to keep campaigning shows Mr. Romney has no more compassion for the victims of Hurricane Sandy then he will for the American people (heaven forbid he wins). And yes, Mr. Obama did get Osama. Do some research instead of trying to spin reality to your own agenda.

[Tina_Says]

I love that Romney donated but to be honest I already figured he would... any man that would work as a Governor and not except Payment, worked for Olympics and not take pay, and States that if elected President would donate all pay... would of course donate in times of need!!! This story we know about, what about all other disaster in America that he donated money to, don't we hear about??? Think about that... BEST yet, Romney is a 1% guy that you don't have to forcefully take his money from, he gives it willingly as many other 1% people do... Liberals are Fools!!!

[Minnette59]

I cannot believe you Obama haters!! He is on the job!! While Mutt Romney was in Ohio campaigning, our President was on the east coast taking care of business!! Our President put the devastation of Sandy first!!

[tiffanysart]

He hasn't been on the JOB for four years. Our economy is in the tank. College graduates can't get a job, and food and gas prices are through the roof because of his policies. He can't get what he wants out of Congress so he does it by Presidential Decree openly defying Congress and the American people. He ran off to Vegas when Ambassador Stevens was assassinated and two Navy SEALS were killed in Libya. Then lied and said it was because of a video. If Obama is reelected heaven help this country. As a human being this man makes me physically ill.

[JSC111]

Lots of people need this "damn food" , but I forgot ... money is something liberals want always for their agendas. Mitt Romney has donated more to important causes like this in his adult life than any candidate has ever. To make fun of a mans goodwill (which has not often been in the public limelight, but has happened countless times) simply shows you are just jealous and that your candidate is a joke. Oh yes, he is spending countless millions too, it's just YOUR MONEY going to the hurricane victims, not any of his. Really?! Now who is in it for the votes?

[carolo43]

For his great photo-opt, all he did was make more work for the Red Cross, not less. Had he ever donated to the Red Cross in his life, he would have known that! The Red Cross is not the Salvation Army. They want blood, donations or volunteers. Now they need even more volunteers to sort through all this damned food.

These people need other places to stay. They need money for gas. They will not be working for awhile. Are they supposed to carry about boxes of cans of food? I have some stupid crap before but this one took the cake. Instead of spending $5,000 on his own food, he should have just sent them a check for $5,000. What poor judgement he shows.

[bellaxsca]

please shame on yourself for even saying this. your judgement is so poor and BIAS!

[JSC111]

Mitt Romney a) Has more experience in what this country really needs, i.e. real-worl business experience. Barack Obama a) Is a career politician which is great at rallying the people who need free government help. THIS country needs to wake up and stop thinking that social commentary on Twitter is actually accomplishing anything useful and stop focusing on useless issues such as what President Obama thinks of American Idol. He's hip, he's cool, he's African-American, but he's a disaster. This is not a raciss rant, it's a plea to the American public to snap out of this love affair with Hope and Change when it has provided neither (at least not in any tangible economic way). Popular and cool is not what this country needs in the White House. We need a man in there again with moral fortitude, financial EXPERIENCE , not community organizer level understanding of our free enterprise system. We are Doomed otherwise as a country and will be set back to 3rd world status within 2 decades. I will refer to this email in 1-2 more years if Barack Obama gets re-elected. He is great for all minorities and the downtrodden gay and Hispanic population (sarcasm) and free healthcare (he'll buy you a NEW dishwasher too!) , but he isn't worth a hoot for the economy in the United States of America in 2012. Jobless rates are through the roof, foreign policy is a shambles, we're $16 TRILLION in debt, our kids are behind most of the civilized world in education (science and math in particular) and we have a government that's -also- claiming it's too big to be allowed to fail. End falling for this socially driven election rhetoric and think before you vote in a man we know NOTHING about and semonstrably can not fix the main problems in this country. Barack Obama has spent the past 4 years pushing his "legacy" , his vision for American healthcare , when all other huge issues especially "how you are going to EAT in the near future (w/o Welfare)" have been hugely neglected. Enough with the cool and his plans for the "next decade". People in this country are homeless and starving in record numbers because of the economic mess that's been swept behind the door by this administration. Now it's time to think of today , get energy independent , put people back to work, stop CHINA in its tracks , and a host of other problems.

[bellaxsca]

well said!

[cubscout09]

Obama supports the American Jobs Act of 2012.
It pays for 100,000 new Math & Science Teachers.
And you Republicans have blocked it.

This is what we call duplicity.

[Smokeroom]

I find it utterly unbelievable that there are so many Obama morons degading a person with such high integrity and honesty as Governor Romney but defend a narcissistic, pathological liar with no morals like Obama!

[flameworker]

Which Romney are you talking about? The one that ordered that his official state portrait contain a picture of his wife and a CADUCEUS to symbolize the legislation of which he was most proud, Romneycare? The worst thing I could accuse Obama of is plagiarism, since he essentially copied the Massachusetts law verbatim, you know, the one that Romnoid now hates.

[luthern79]

You are the top moron,because you don't listen to or care about what Romney snake oil he is dispensing at the moment. A moron could be defined as someone with a hermetically sealed mind impervious to any factual data.

[Necroscope84]

Who wrote this garbage? The Red Cross does NOT take individual donations. Give money and or blood but not food. Fake!

[inbethlehem]

You got it. An absolutely fake "photo-op." Kinda like Ryan washing already cleaned pots at an unopen food bank.

Romney is worse than Dukakis on a tank. What is his campaign staff thinking? We wouldn't get the facts?

How pathetic this little man is!

[Tina_Says]

You obviously have never been in a disaster area... and you have obviously not paid very close attention during all the past disasters in lets say the last 20 years... When disaster hits, people NEED food, cloths, toiletries and so on... people give while others distribute... your just mad that Romney did this and Obama NEVER WOULD!!!