Romney to Obama: You're entitled to your own plane and house, not facts

October 3, 2012 10:05 PM

In discussing the subject of the government's role in education, President Obama claims he has provided assistance to millions of students and kept low interest rates on student loans, to which Mitt Romney responds, " Mr. President, you're entitled as the president to your own airplane and to your own house, but not to your own facts."

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