Buzzfeed reports that a Latino-fied
Mitt Romney threatened to pull the plug on his Univision forum earlier
this week unless the network gave in to his demands, including busing in
additional Romney supporters and re-taping the event's introduction.
Moderator Maria Elena Salinas told BuzzFeed that tickets for both the
Romney and Obama forums were split between the campaigns, with both
agreeing to keep the audience filled with mostly University of Miami
students, who hosted the event.
However, finding little luck in gathering conservatives around campus (a National Journal poll has Obama currently leading
Romney among college students, 63-27 percent), the campaign threatened
to "reschedule" if not given an exemption to the student-only rule and
allowed to bring in “rowdy activists from around southern Florida in
order to fill the extra seats."
Like a beleaguered Romney housekeeper, the network gave in to his demands.
"We were a little bit thrown because it was supposed to be a TV show, it
wasn't a rally," Salinas said of the audience change. "It was a little
bit of disrespect for us."
Additionally, while being introduced at his forum, Romney allegedly
threw a tantrum and refused to come out on stage after the forum
moderators mentioned that he "had agreed to give the network 35 minutes,
and that Obama had agreed to a full hour the next night." The network
was forced to re-tape the introduction and instead mention the time
differences at the end of the forum.
Is this a presidential campaign, or Mariah Carey's rider demands on "American Idol"?
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