Posted on 01/31/2020 9:35:19 PM PST by rintintin
Trumpers are going to read that headline and respond, “YES, AND HE ALWAYS WAS,” but I don’t think that’s true. There’s too much for him to lose and too little to gain by casting a vote to remove that’s functionally meaningless to make this an easy call for him. He has almost five full years left in the Senate and may well spend all five having to deal with an embittered Trump administration that won’t do him a single favor if he votes the wrong way here. He’ll piss off thousands upon thousands of Republican constituents back home, some of whom love Trump and others of whom think this is a moment to circle the partisan wagons irrespective of their feelings about the president. He’ll be shredded in right-wing media for the rest of his life, accused not just of disloyalty but of petty jealousy and grudge-holding towards a guy who succeeded where Romney himself failed in 2012. He’ll alienate his Republican colleagues in the Senate, to the extent that he hasn’t already.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Is Trump going to remove Romney??
After the vote today, I can imagine what Trump is thinking about Romney right now....as we know, he does not do well with back-stabbers...
What game is he playing? The Democrats will never like him, and he is pissing off 95% of the Republicans. They only ones he may please are the Never-Trunpers, who are about 5% of the party.
Exactly. There was no moral imperative, no clever strategery, no “winning friends and influencing people”. He wasn’t going to earn the admiration of a single dhimmicrat and he HAS won richly deserved enmity from the right.
He is a man without a country - I’d hate to be him right about now.
So Romney would like to be remembered as the first vote in American history to remove a sitting President, like that's some kind of honor?
I'd be happy being remembered as the person who saved the Olympics.
-PJ
AllahPundit drops a little clue about his identity. ‘grudge’.
Truely, my first thought about this question was “Who Gives a Schifft”. The thing I find interesting is the fact that three presidential candidates are stuck in DC pondering a done deal at 4pm Wednesday, while Plugs, mini-Mike, and Buttplug are in Iowa for the Monday Caucuses.
Romney is going to vote for having his disconnected brain stem removed.
It’s useless anyway.
His soulectomy was successful so, he should recover quite nicely...
It doesn't matter. He has succeeded in making me disappointed that I ever voted for him.
I am far more than disappointed, PISSED s more like it!!!
“He can claim a vote to hear witnesses was not anti-Trump. “
the real tipoff that the GOP Senate will vote unanimously to acquit Trump is when they voted unanimously today to defeat Schumer’s proposed rules amendment that would essentially turn the operation of the trial over to the Chief Justice, giving him power to subpoena witnesses and other trial powers that belonged to the Senate ...
Mitt Romney is lower than the toe-jam that oozes’ out from between Jerry Nadler’s toes.
Romney should be forced to lick the grime out of the creases in Joy Reed’s neck!
You mean like putting his head on a pike?
There shouldn’t even be a vote for aquittal.
The only vote these articles are worthy of is for rejection.
Romney would not do this unless he has enough republicans he KNOWS are going with him to ACTUALLY remove Trump from office.
Mitt was to his Dad as Hunter is to Joe. And that’s not only the Truth but the End of it.
Mitt is pantys to Trump’s jock strap and cup!
This article is written like Democrat talking points.
Ain’t happening. Mitt is a shitbird and you won’t get 20 Republicans in an election year to vote to convict. Especially with Trump over 93% approval in the Republican Party. Back away from your bong or beer and get a grip.
He will not vote convict,,,that is suicidal,,,,
The idea was to have witnesses and drag it out for months and hope Trumps poll numbers tanked,,, and he loses the election...
In other words, a typical Mormon
Romney is out to prove that he has balls.
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