Stefanie Brown at the NAACP Convention: The crowd took a look at Romney -- and didn't like what they saw.

Robert --

Today, Mitt Romney spoke at the NAACP convention in Houston and said:

"If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you're looking at him -- you take a look."

The crowd took a look -- and didn't like what they saw. 

Romney vowed to repeal Obamacare -- the law that will help as many as 7 million more African Americans get access to affordable health care. He criticized President Obama's record on the economy -- yet, thanks to the President, tax credits have helped an estimated 2.2 million African-American families and 4.7 million children by allowing working families to keep more of what they earn, and nearly 1.4 million African Americans were kept out of poverty.

The African-American community, just like the rest of the country, can't afford a Romney presidency.

Join African Americans for Obama today and fight for our community -- and our President -- in this election:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-African-Americans-for-Obama-Today

Thanks,

Stefanie

Stefanie Brown
National African American Vote Director
Obama for America

P.S. -- Vice President Joe Biden will be speaking at the NAACP convention on Thursday morning. I hope you'll take a few minutes to watch.

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