Romney's ringers? GOP candidate's campaign requested NAACP passes for black 'VIPs'

theGRIO REPORT - According to the NAACP's senior vice president of policy and advocacy, Hilary Shelton, the cheers came from a group of black supporters who came to the speech with Romney...

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The full list of Romney invitees is below.

VIP’s:

  • Secretary Rod Paige, former Education Secretary, George W. Bush administration;
  • Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, Florida Lieutenant Governor
  • Bill Calhoun, Texas Black Republican Association
  • Mia Love, Republican Candidate for Congress, Utah
  • Niger Innis, National Spokesman, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
  • Ryan Frazier, former Aurora City Council Member/GOP Congressional Candidate
  • Kay Coles James, Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under President George W. Bush
  • Pastor Jeffrey Brown, personal friend of WMR; Executive Director; Boston TenPoint Coalition
  • Rep. Stefani Carter, Texas State Legislator
  • Ashley Bell, Hall County, Texas Commissioner

General invitees:

Members of the Texas Black Conservatives:

  • Angelina Gooden
  • Clyde Leuchtag
  • Jim Bowie
  • Juluette Pack
  • Langston Gillum
  • Mona Lisa Chambers
  • Reginald Grant
  • Richard Johnson

Romney campaign personnel:

  • Joshua Baca, National Coalitions Director
  • Tara Wall, Senior Communications Consultant
  • Jonathan Burks, Deputy Policy Director
  • Leslie Allen, Assistant Deputy Campaign Manager

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