Romney Subtly Jabs Trump At Business Summit

Talking Points Memo ^ | 10/26/2016 | MATT SHUHAM

[tekrat]

During a keynote address Wednesday at the U.S. Chamber Institute's Legal Reform Summit, Mitt Romney made a series of subtle jabs at the Republican nominee on his business platform, in front of a friendly audience used to Republican business orthodoxy.

After opening with a familiar refrain—“I get asked on a regular basis, boy, why aren't you running this year. I ask myself that now and then, too"—Romney delivered a speech that seemed to dig at a few of Donald Trump's policy positions without ever mentioning him by name.

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“I don’t think either candidate for president has said they’re going to reform entitlements,” Romney said later.

[tekrat]

This sound more like sour grapes about Jed not getting the nomination then anything else.

[baltimorepoet]

Why do they even call it the US Chamber?

Since it is mostly globalists, they should call it the UN Chamber of Commerce.

[Sacajaweau]

Romney is soooooooooooo jealous of Trump. Romney is a banker not a businessman....doesn’t work or think like Trump.

[AC Beach Patrol]

Don’t know much about Mormon eschatology, but does nuclear conflagration figure in to it or does a ‘Camps of Saints’ America?

[AU72]

FUMR!

[AU72]

FUMR!

[Dr. Sivana]

Romney told the crowd that "politicians" want "to make it illegal for them to do that or tax them when they do that." Instead, he insisted, "if they are leaving, don't try to keep them from leaving, instead figure out how to make them want to stay!"

If he were honest he would mention that the Trump plan would do just that, by lowering the max tax rate from 35% to 15%, and he is doing it largely for that reason.

[xzins]

McCain ran on entitlement reform, Mitt, and it won big for him. So as we come to the end of the McCain administration’s second term, we can only hope that some smart young politician will pick up that theme and run with it.

[Paladin2]

Milt turns out to be a Libtard.

[Spruce]

Mitt. Go away. Just go

[Kudsman]

Always has been. Romney Care?

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Uncle Miltie]

Mitt who?

[PGR88]

Romney would lose to Hillary, Romney would lose to Kaine, Romney would lose to Biden

Romney would lose to anyone the Democrats put up. Why? Because that person would have the force of the DNC, all the corrupted media, every local party hack and government apparatchik behind them - as always., Most importantly though - he would attract few independents, zero cross-over Democrats, and have no excitement among Republicans. Among all these at least, Trump has a good chance.

Romney is a structural loser.

[Kipp]

Mitt wasn’t my first choice, but I voted for him and think he would have been an infinitely better president than Obama. But his petty behavior this election shows him to be a dishonorable man.

[Democrats hate too much]

When Romney ran, he never tried to win.

[central_va]

The only thing that will stop the de industrialization of the USA is if and when us peasants will accept third world wages and a third word std of living. This is why tariffs are going to be need and soon.

[Uversabound]

Big FUMR

And I say it again

FUMR’

It just never gets old.

[usafa92]

Mitt is a total piece of shit. Yes. I just said that. I feel empowered by my support of Trump to call it like I see it. Mitt’s taking more swipes at Trump over on Facebook. A vile, petty and small man.

[unixfox]

You are a LOSER. You have no say in this election!

Now, GFY!