Mitt Romney bids to become Trump's Senate nemesis now that Flake and Corker are leaving

American Thinker ^ | 01/02/2019 | Thomas Lifson

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Mitt Romney wants America to know that he is a much better person than that icky fellow in the White House.  Taking to the pages of the Trump-hating Washington Post, he kicks off the year he joins the Senate with an attack on his party's leader:

The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December.  The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president's thoughtless claim that America has long been a "sucker" in world affairs all defined his presidency down.

It is well known that Donald Trump was not my choice for the Republican presidential nomination.  After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling.  It did not.  When he won the election, I hoped he would rise to the occasion.  His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging.  But, on balance, his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions this month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office.

While allowing that Trump has done some good things as well, it is Trump's character that is at issue:

To a great degree, a presidency shapes the public character of the nation.  A president should unite us and inspire us to follow "our better angels."  A president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity, and elevate the national discourse with comity and mutual respect.  As a nation, we have been blessed with presidents who have called on the greatness of the American spirit.  

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WHAT DID UTAH JUST DO?

[choctaw man]

Next rat up

[shelterguy]

WHAT DID UTAH JUST DO?
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They elected a flaming liberal who was also elected as governor of the most liberal state out of all 57.

[Howie66]

As we predicted. Nothing new at all in this.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Mitt wants to be the leader of the Bush League Republicans in the Senate.

Open borders and erasing American sovereignty is the name of the game.

[HangnJudge]

Romney, Dearie, lets talk...

Nope, won't work
Go suck an egg

[Col Frank Slade]

Romney is setting up to primary Trump in 2020.

[FlipWilson]

According to Mitt Romney, “rising to the mantle of the office” = wearing an “R” jersey but playing on the “D” team.

[dowcaet]

“A president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity, and elevate the national discourse with comity and mutual respect.”

What a load of crap Mittens! The president is the only one in that Swamp called DC who is being honest with the American people.

[goo goo g'joob]

Who do I see about a refund for my 2012 vote?

[Sacajaweau]

Let’s see where he goes with his votes. But right now....he’s on my sh** list. He’s soooooo jealous.

[rktman]

It’s the old three-fer. Dorker/flake/maclame. Thanks utah. I can’y say much though since we now have two actual dems from NV in d.c.

[Paladin2]

"A president should unite us and inspire us to follow "our better angels." "

Mitt continues to fall way short in that area, bigly. The rest is also pure projection.

[clintonh8r]

The lying mediot presstitutes, having ridiculed and mocked mittens for years, will now adopt and promote him as a giant of morality and bipartisanship. Why....he’s the new McCain! And he will lap it up.

[coon2000]

Confront him in public. If I run into him I will dress his ass down. There are very few Republicans in office. Most are democrats with a republican disguise. romney is a liberal democrat. Was he elected in Utah because of mob mentality? Did the mormons vote him in because he was one of them?

[cnsmom]

Mitter is Bitter and needs help with his bottom line. The GOPEneeds a war to make some money.

[Williams]

Because everyone likes a traitor who undermines their own party.

This “Trump isn’t polite” crap is two years out of date. Yes he fights but he’s become rather presidential. Romney looks like a fool. The nevertrump (nonexistent) wing of the republican party.

Yeah we’ll get the liberals to like us that’s the ticket. Oy

[ryderann]

There seems to be a contest going on as to whom can be the biggest, slimiest, back-stabbing individual in Washington. Was Romney EVER the decent human being we remember from 30-40 years ago?

[Starboard]

Romney is setting up to primary Trump in 2020.

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Of course he is. Romney has no interest in being a senator; he just wants a platform to run for president again. He’s a despicable POS.