Former 2008 and 2012 Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney and his Republican Party were heavily criticized for not reaching the younger demographic in the United States, during their run to seek the Presidency in 2012.
But with Romney’s recent resurgence on news programs, he stopped by NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to do one of the most popular bits on “Late Night” television, ‘Slow-Jamming the News.’ Where Fallon, his cast and Romney jammed out to President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union Address.
Interesting that Romney would choose to appeal to the young crowd now that he lost the presidency. With the recently added candid documentary piece on Netflix titled Mitt, which follows Mitt Romney and his family behind the scenes of both his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaign runs–and now this ‘Slow-Jamming’ the news, people are seeing a different side of Mitt than what was once perceived. But why now?
Best lines from the bit:
Referring to the NSA wiretapping scandal: “President Obama looked the people up and down and said, ‘I’d tap that.'” (1:20)
Referring to the HealthCare.gov website issues, “Glitch, Please!” (2:00)
Regarding the Affordable Care Act website malfunctions: “You gotta listen to the ‘Mitt Man’…he had a program that worked for the people of Massachusetts. And lets just say…it didn’t suffer from any “performance” problems in the “hardware department.” (2:20)
