Throughout his campaign, Mitt Romney has tried to defend the individual mandate he signed into law in Massachusetts by claiming that such an approach to healthcare is acceptable on a state, but not a federal level. But a recently discovered USA Today op-ed, dated July 30, 2009, contradicts the presidential hopeful’s current line of argument. It seems he took to the papers to urge President Obama to adopt the same approach to healthcare nationally.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katehicks/2012/03/02/romney_to_obama_2009_embrac…
https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090730/column30_st.art.htm
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/mitt-romneys-advice-for-obamacare-loo…
https://mittromneycentral.com/op-eds/2009-op-eds/mr-president-whats-the-rush/
https://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/25/romney-advisor-come-on-obamacare-wont-e…
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292520/romney-urged-obama-adopt-individu…
https://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/03/02/breaking-mitt-romney-urged-obama-to-…
https://www.wnd.com/2012/03/romneys-2009-advice-for-obamacare/
https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/did-romney-support-federal-mandate-during…
https://www.therightscoop.com/2009-romney-op-ed-obama-should-use-my-individual…
https://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/03/03/further-proof-romney-supported-a-nat…
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/romney-supported-federal-individual-m…
https://www.therightscoop.com/2009-romney-glad-to-hear-obama-copying-romneycar…
https://ricochet.com/main-feed/Norm-Coleman-We-re-Not-Going-to-Repeal-Obamacare

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