Posted on 05/05/2022 3:18:05 AM PDT by cotton1706
Mitt Romney and Josh Hawley, polar opposites in today’s GOP, agree on one thing: Donald Trump’s status as Republican kingmaker.
After the former president’s endorsement of a former critic rocketed J.D. Vance to the GOP Senate nomination in Ohio, the two senators can’t help but see things the same way. Hawley (R-Mo.), who led Trump-backed election challenges in the Senate last year, observed that “he’s the leader of the party, that’s clear … If he decides to run, he will be the nominee.”
And while Romney twice voted to convict Trump in impeachment trials, speaking out against him more than any other sitting GOP senator, the Utah Republican also concluded that anyone who argues the former president is fading away is not tethered to reality.
“I don’t delude myself into thinking I have a big swath of the Republican Party,” Romney said in a Wednesday interview. “It’s hard to imagine anything that would derail his support. So if he wants to become the nominee in ‘24, I think he’s very likely to achieve that.”
Though Tuesday was just one night in a crowded spring primary calendar, Trump’s romp in Ohio signals that — for all the talk of his waning influence after losing in 2020 and getting impeached for inciting an insurrection — the GOP is still in his thrall. He’s unlikely to topple several sitting governors he’s gone after. But when it comes to federal primaries, Trump far overshadows every other GOP figure, from the establishment to party gadflies, according to interviews with nearly a dozen GOP lawmakers.
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What about Olivia Beavers? I wonder how she got her last name?
Romney’s jealousy of Trump has driven him into a state of insanity. A sad, pathetic man.
Who knows, maybe she has two vagina’s? No-a-days, with the 52 genders, anything is possible. Which makes me wonder what would you call a man with two penises?
Romulus is jealous.
Happier than a dog with two tails!
‘Two Gun John’ ??
Mitt needs to come out of the closet and put the D after his name.
Romney’s hatred for President Trump is purely personal. Prior to the President’s inauguration, Romney interviewed for the position of SOS. He was rejected and publicly humiliated in the process. From that point on, it was clear that Romney would do whatever he could to get even. Hence, his favorable votes on the two bogus impeachments. What I don’t understand is how the voters of Utah elected this man.
“ for all the talk of his waning influence after losing in 2020 and getting impeached for inciting an insurrection”
Because Trump did NEITHER of those things, he was re elected and it was allowed to be stolen by idiots like Romney and others who not only sat by and did nothing but actively cheered it on.. then tried to tarnish him with lies about insurrection to keep him from running again
And everyone saw through it!!!
Had Trump honestly lost or truly incited insurrection he would be gone, but he did neither and that is why he is still the most powerful person in Republican politics…
Period.
The liberals never have figured out that We the People are the dominate ones and Trump is just our spokesman.
Ambidextrous.
probably comes from a long line of Beavers.
EVERY Bush League Republican needs to be replaced.
Where are the primary candidates to take out the Amnesty Senators Hoeven and Rubio?
Cornyn and Tillis are putting their Amnesty Gang back together.
The Bush League wants to pass amnesty before we can re-elect Trump.
Ha Ha Ha. Suck it Yahoo.
They forgot to mention one thing. The Republican primaries aren’t the end of it. There’s the November election. We’ll see if MAGA Republicans show up to vote for a RINO like Kemp even if Trump were to reverse course and endorse him. I suspect they will neither forgive nor forget Kemp’s complicity in the Steal.
Romney needs to repair the rips in his Magic Underwear.
The thing that seperates Mittens from every other flaming liberal is that once in a while he faces reality...
Completely agree.
Never thought I’d see the day when a politician more despicable than McCain would disgrace the GOP, but this POS has him beat!
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