Posted on 05/16/2020 6:52:25 PM PDT by Magnatron
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump's firings of internal government oversight officials, calling it a "threat to accountable democracy."
Romney's comments came in response to Trump's Friday firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick -- the latest in a series of dismissals of independent government watchdogs that have come in the wake of the President's acquittal on two articles of impeachment earlier this year.
"The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing so without good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power," the Utah Republican tweeted. Romney is the only Senate Republican who voted to convict Trump of abuse of power earlier this year.
Linick's dismissal drew immediate condemnation from top Democrats who accused the President of engaging in a pattern of retaliation against public servants charged with oversight of his administration.
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Put on your Magic Big Boy underpants, Slick, and face it: the closest you’ll ever get to the Oval Office is to get in line with the rest of us tourists and wait for the next guide to walk you in. You sure as hell don’t have what it takes to earn a meal ticket there.
I dont know why McConnel doesnt demand he change party he never votes with ou4 side anyway and as a Dem he cant win in Utah!!
Utah, why must we suffer!
Like clockwork
Wake up, Utah
Seriously
unlike the coup attempt run by Clinton and Obama
Who listens to this fool?
How did you get into office? We are a Republic not a democracy.
On which party line, Libertarian?
Romney is such a moron.
Does he ever wonder why he always joins the Democrats in speaking out against Republicans?
No matter how much you virtue signal your contempt for Trump, liberals will never vote for you if you decide to run for President again.
Best Regards.
I want to hear Romney’s excuse as to why this position wasn’t even filled until Bammy’s second term.
OK now thats crazy talk
L-O-S-E-R !!!
Mitt as well was probably part of the scandal to debunk and put a target on the back of the National Security Advisor..
LOL !!! He was an Obama deep stater. Nothing independent about him.
He’s probably scoping out the next place to carpetbag to after the Utes throw him out.
Mitt Romney = Stupid, backstabbing douchebag.
I know something about him. He is King of Nitwits.
FUMR
I’d bet President Trump regrets endorsing him now.
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