Ann Romney Blames Media for Election Loss: ‘Not just the campaign’s fault’

Ann Romney blames the media partially for Mitt Romney’s election loss in an interview on Sunday.

Ann Romney on Sunday told Fox News that the media was partially to blame for her husband’s loss to Barack Obama during the presidential election.

“It was not just the campaign’s fault,” she said. “I believe it was the media’s fault as well. … People were not allowed to really see him for who he was.”

She added: “I’m happy to blame the media.”

Both Mitt and Ann Romney sat down with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” for the much-anticipated interview.

“My heart said we were going to win,” Mitt said on the program. “It’s hard, it’s emotional. I mean there was such passion in the people who were helping us, I just felt, you know, we’ve really let them down.”

Ann said that her husband would have done a better job than Obama over the past few months, namely in dealing with the automatic $85 billion sequester cuts.

“I totally believe at this moment if Mitt were there in the office that we would not be facing sequestration right now,” Ann said. She cited Mitt’s “enormous skill sets in dealing with difficult issues.”

Mitt also questioned President Obama’s leadership.

“The hardest thing about losing is watching this critical moment, this golden moment slip away with politics,” he said.

Romney has made few public appearances since he lost the election in November 2012. According to media reports, he has spent most of his time at his California home with his wife.

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• Fred Friendley

  She is still mad at not being made queen, I mean First Lady I see.

• http://www.facebook.com/bob.gardner.9256 Bob Gardner

  wine, wine, whine. Total whiners. They lost because they had an ugly campaign, based primarily on hate, and contempt for Americans.

• satar032@yahoo.com

  Well, maybe it was just not their time to win. It could be he is an egotistical [...] and can’t fool the common voter. Or he secretly didn’t want to beat Obama out of a job. Who knows for sure .

• Ruthy Haegele

  You, Go girl, I believe that the media had something to do with the loss of your husband
  and the people didn’t really care either. All they care about is to ruin our lives like you
  know who.

• tim

  She is correct. Most of the media was sooooo one sided it was insane. Where were the headlines about the massive unemployment, high gas prices, the real estate crash, massive debt incurred by Obama, and a first ever credit rating drop for America. If George Bush did any of this the headlines would have been non stop and relentless, but Obama got a pass and the average voter is clueless.

• disqus_1IpbTa3xFj

  the romneys should grow up and get over it, they lost

• http://twitter.com/temerity4u Temerity4u

  It defies all that is logical, how stupefyingly ignorant about themselves these 2 people are. The interview speaks for itself.

• Ruby

  Two beautiful people that likely would have set our course for a better life for us all. They could not help but feel the love and passion of so many of us. Yes, I too hold the media responsible. They are so biased and one sided. I also hold the Obma campaign for their thug tactics and stuffing the ballot box, so to speak. We no longer have a free press rather a government controlled propaganda spewing socialist agenda. On the other hand these two people likely will live longer for not having to wade into the political muck for 4 years. When God closes one door, he opens another. I wish them much happiness.

• http://profile.yahoo.com/PSPRN2YH2OGVAEI5DOEUUEKW5Y All Shook Up

  Ann
  Return to Bloomfield Hills and get the trees the right height. Oh, PS,
  Go home and get your husbands shine box.

• http://twitter.com/Texasplaything Ali

  Nope, we saw the real Mitt Romney. What first comes to my mind is his meeting with the gay Viet Nam vet. Mitt was rude and couldn’t get out of there fast enough. I could go on but won’t…

• http://www.facebook.com/mrrayasp Ray Barnes

  From beginning to end Mitt cried and cried you do not win because the color of one skin you win for what you put out on the table so mr&mrs mitt should belly aching its over.

• richard bwogi

  Losers reminds of the cry babies.Go away u lost because u counted on the racists and the few wealthy ones, trashing the rest of us. Sarah pain shares ur pain. Running like bush did not help. The office needs the smart ones not tax cutters for 1%.poor mitt the votes decided a while back.Give credit where it belongs Obama run a great campaign and he is smarter than u.

• http://www.facebook.com/SpectralThundr Tim St Pierre

  Yep everyone who doesn’t agree with Obama’s terrible policies must be racist! Oh liberals, is there any depth you won’t sink to to promote larger government intrusion into people’s lives?

• IsToBe

  My Mama had welfare. Granma too.
  You better give me mine.
  OK miss. But first you have to fill out this form.
  That’s right you give me the form. Whats it for?
  It’s for a voter registration card.