‘47 Percent’ Video Source Comes Forward

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March 14, 2013

Scott Prouty speaks to Ed Schultz on MSNBC's The Ed Show. (MSNBC screenshot)

The man who secretly recorded Mitt Romney at a Florida fundraiser making his infamous "47 percent" comment has revealed his identity.

Scott Prouty, a bartender working the fundraiser, told MSNBC's Ed Schultz that he lost sleep and struggled for weeks before deciding to release the recording to the magazine Mother Jones.

Watch the interview with Scott Prouty on 'The Ed Show'

Prouty says he thought it was important that people heard Romney and knew what he was really thinking.

In the video, Romney tells donors paying $50,000 apiece that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on government, see themselves as victims and believe the government has a responsibility to care for them.

Romney’s critics used the video to argue that he was out of touch with average Americans.

Mother Jones: Meet Scott Prouty, the 47 Percent Video Source

Guest:

David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine, who first broke the story of the 47 percent video. He tweets @DavidCornDC.

This segment aired on March 14, 2013.