Posted on 12/06/2017 2:00:36 PM PST by Hadean
President Trump’s trip to Utah Monday was ostensibly about eliminating national monument status for two Utah landmarks. But most speculate that the real reason for the trip was a subtle effort to block Mitt Romney from reentering politics.
Romney has made noise about a potential run for Senator Orrin Hatch’s seat, should the longtime Utah senator choose not to seek reelection next year.
Monday’s presidential visit seemed to turn into a full-on lobbying effort to get Hatch to stay put. Or perhaps more to the point, to get Romney to stay far away from Washington. And Romney was all too happy to hit back with a tweet that made it clear he’s not about to be shoved aside.
The rising tensions are indeed another chapter in a long-simmering feud that began more than two years ago when Trump entered the presidential race.
But this latest round is less about the past than it is a preview of what it could look like should Romney run and win a Senate seat from his new home state of Utah next year. A Senator Romney wouldn’t just be a force in Washington on policy matters but also would probably serve as the counterweight trying to block Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party.
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Remember when Trump had Romney come to interview for Sec State job ?
Just jerking Mitts chain.
Willard is eager to join fellow denizens of the swamp.
Romney has John McCain disease.
Both of them look down their snobby noses at President Trump.
They can’t understand how superior beings like themselves could lose their bids for the presidency yet
such an uncouth, new-money, street fighter like Donald Trump wins and now resides in the White House.
In their minds they are deserving and he isn’t.
So why would Romney be a shoe in for the seat?
So no change?
Does Utah have enough pro-conservative voters to vote, in the majority, for a Steve Bannon approved candidate, instead?
Is this what the Democrats are reduced to... rooting for Mitt Romney.
Mittwit will probably jump parties, y'know, just to regain some sense of reality. Thanks Hadean.
The bishop is a class A m A-hat! ...
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