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Romney, GOP howl over Obama’s remark about Hugo Chavez

WASHINGTON (MCT) — Republicans, led by Mitt Romney and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, pounced on President Barack Obama on Wednesday after he told a Miami TV anchor that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez does not pose a “serious” national security threat to the United States.

Republicans wasted no time in firing up a key South Florida constituency coveted by Romney and Obama: Cuban-American voters who hate Chavez for his close ties to the Castro regime in Cuba.

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