Mitt Romney's Obama Dig at Iowa Senate Campaign Event

obama-romney-debateAt a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa for U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst on Sunday, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered a bit of standup comedy for the 150 attendees.

As reported by National Journal’s Shane Goldmacher, Romney prefaced an Obama-related joke with, “Now when you’re running for office people tell you, you shouldn’t tell jokes…But I’m not running for office, so I can tell one.”

The dig, which he said he received from a family member online went like this, via National Journal:

“President Obama went to the bank to cash a check and he didn’t have his ID.

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