Mitt Romney '47 Percent': Full Video Of Candidate's Controversial Remarks Released

Full Video Released Of Incendiary Secret Romney Appearance

Video of a Mitt Romney fundraiser where he made controversial remarks about the "47 percent" has been released in its entirety.

The full video, which was taken at a closed-door gathering of about 30 major donors in Boca Raton earlier this year, was released Tuesday by Mother Jones.

During a press conference Monday night, Romney said the previously released footage didn't quote him in full context and called for the complete video to be released.

“I’m sure I can state it more clearly in a more effective way than I did in a setting like that and so I’m sure I’ll point that out as time goes on but we don’t even have the question given the snippet there, nor the full response, and I hope the person who has the video would put out the full material," Romney said.

HuffPost's Ryan Grim and Matt Sledge reported earlier:

The overwhelming majority of voters who back President Barack Obama do so because they are "dependent on government" and "believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing," Mitt Romney told a closed-door gathering of about 30 major donors earlier this year, according to video of the event that has surfaced on the Internet.

The person who uploaded a series of potentially inflammatory videos from the fundraiser has claimed authorship of them in an email exchange with The Huffington Post. The source said he or she wishes to remain anonymous for professional reasons and to avoid a lawsuit. The videos, which have created a buzz on the Internet, were blurred and at times blacked out to obscure the location of the filming, the source said.

"I have obviously degraded the quality to attempt to camo the location," said the clandestine filmmaker. The original, which has not been posted in full, is very high quality, the source said.

The source has given the full video to Mother Jones' David Corn, the source said.

The videos capture Romney speaking loosely about Obama supporters, immigrants, privilege and a host of other controversial issues. The candidate seems unguarded and displays the sense of humor that is often mentioned by those close to him, but is so rarely on public display.

It's Romney's remark about the president's backers that might have the most potential to undermine his candidacy, however, as Romney seeks to persuade people who voted for Obama in 2008 to switch this time.

Click here for more on the fundraiser and the video.

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