Politics

Mitt Romney Personally Invited Clint Eastwood to Speak at RNC

Extended the invitation after Eastwood endorsed him at an Idaho fundraiser earlier this month. Mixed reaction from staff

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For all the finger-pointing about Clint Eastwood's rambling conversation with an empty chair on Thursday night, the most bizarre, head-scratching 12 minutes in recent political convention history were set in motion by Mitt Romney himself and made possible by his aides, who had shrouded the actor's appearance in secrecy.