Clint Eastwood endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Friday night during a Sun Valley fundraiser.
“I think the country needs a boost,” Eastwood told reporters at the campaign event which was attended by about 325 people.
The 82-year-old Oscar-winning director said he hoped Romney would restore “a decent tax system that we need badly, so that there’s a fairness and people are not pitted against one another as who’s paying taxes and who isn’t.”
“Also we don’t want anybody taking away the Olympic medals, tax wise, from the Olympic athletes. The government is talking about getting a couple of nickles,” Eastwood said, addressing the tax imposed on Olympic medal winners.
“It’s now more important than ever that we need Gov. Romney, and I’m going to be voting for him as I know most of you will be,” Eastwood told the crowd as he stood beside Romney. “We’ve got to just spread the word and get the whole country behind this because it’s going to be an exciting election.”
“He just made my day,” Romney said.
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