Mitt Romney
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“With regards to the mandate, the individual responsibility program... I proposed it. I'm proud of it.”
Romney signed the Massachusetts healthcare reform law including an individual mandate on April 12, 2006
https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/23/451200436/mitt-romney-finally-takes-credit-for-obamacareNow
“If I'm elected president, I will repeal Obamacare.”
As 2012 presidential candidate, Romney pledged to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which was modeled on his Massachusetts law
https://www.politifact.com/article/2012/may/18/politifacts-guide-mitt-romneys-flip-flops/Analysis
Romney championed the individual mandate at the state level, and the ACA was explicitly modeled on his Massachusetts law with help from his own advisers, yet he campaigned on repealing the federal version of his own policy
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