Candidates Follow Obama on Trayvon
Earlier this week, Mitt Romney ignored a question from a reporter about the Trayvon Martin case. Now that President Obama has related Martin to his own children and called for the case to be investigated from every angle, Romney suddenly has something to say. There should be a "thorough investigation," Romney said of the "tragedy" in a statement that followed shortly after Obama's speech Friday. "Justice is carried out with impartiality and integrity," he said. Rick Santorum, who had also been silent on the issue, decided to weigh in Friday, telling a reporter that it's a "horrible case, chilling."
Romney Ignores Trayvon Martin Question
A Reuters reporter on the campaign trail with Mitt Romney in Illinois tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the Republican presidential frontrunner ignored a question about Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager who's killing is under FBI investigation. According to the reporter's Twitter, Romney also declined to answer a question about House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan which includes cutting Pell Grants.
The GOP field stays silent on Trayvon Martin killing
McKay Coppins called the GOP candidates' campaigns for reaction to the Trayvon Martin shooting death, a topic dominating headlines and commented on by President Obama this morning, and had gotten silence in response.
Mitt Romney ignored a question about it on the campaign trail, Coppins says, and the other campaigns haven't responded to calls. As he notes, it's not a huge surprise, given the controversy surrounding the case and the lack of an arrest of the shooter, which has been the subject of nationwide protests.
Martin was gunned down in Florida, a swing state that will be critical in the fall, and where the "Stand Your Ground" law allows people not to retreat in the face of a perceived threat - a law that the gun lobby favors and which was backed by former Gov. Jeb Bush, a new Romney supporter, as well as now-Sen. Marco Rubio, who's often mentioned as a ticketmate for the likely nominee.
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