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Pence: Romney under 'active consideration' for secretary of State
The Hill ^ | - 11/20/16 09:24 AM EST | BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY

Posted on 11/20/2016 6:57:00 AM PST by BeadCounter

Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday that Mitt Romney is under "active consideration" to serve as secretary of State in a Donald Trump administration.

"The president-elect was very grateful that the Gov. Mitt Romney came out," Pence said on "Fox News Sunday." "They had a good meeting. It was a warm and a substantive exchange."

Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee, met with Trump on Saturday to discuss foreign policy.

Pence said he and members of the Trump team spent about an hour with Romney. He said the team talked through substantive issues.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disinformation; mitt; pence; romney; romney4bishopromney; romney4soros; romneyagenda; romneycare; romneymarriage; romneypolygamy; sos; teamromney; teamsoros; trump
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This hit some news feeds this morning. I'm not sure of what to make of it.
1 posted on 11/20/2016 6:57:00 AM PST by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

Nothing says GOPe more than Mitt Romney.


2 posted on 11/20/2016 6:58:52 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: BeadCounter

NBC “Meet the Depressed” seemed to favor Romney- that’s a bad sign.


3 posted on 11/20/2016 6:59:10 AM PST by Mr. K
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To: BeadCounter

Do not trust Willard.


4 posted on 11/20/2016 6:59:25 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BeadCounter

As opposed to “inactive consideration”? I don’t know who Trump’s Secretary of State will be but I highly doubt it will be Romney.


5 posted on 11/20/2016 7:00:51 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: BeadCounter

This is complete BS

Somebody needs to hammer a stake through this degenerate scumbags heart already, what does it take to get rid of this treacherous POS


6 posted on 11/20/2016 7:01:38 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: BeadCounter

“under ‘active consideration’”

As are others for every post.

Wake me when there is an official announcement.


7 posted on 11/20/2016 7:01:50 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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HELL NO!

Don’t give this ingrate that job!

Give him the VA job! Let him fix that!!


8 posted on 11/20/2016 7:01:53 AM PST by KavMan
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To: BeadCounter

If he has to be with the State Department, make him ambassador to Kiribati. That’s about as far from DC as you can get.


9 posted on 11/20/2016 7:04:40 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: BeadCounter

I will be majorly disappointed if Romney is made Secretary of State.
Rewarding the back-stabber would feel like a stab in the back.


10 posted on 11/20/2016 7:04:56 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: BeadCounter

I don’t believe it But if it’s true......boo!


11 posted on 11/20/2016 7:06:30 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BeadCounter

Well, the media will finally get their Democrat in a cabinet position.


12 posted on 11/20/2016 7:06:45 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: BeadCounter

It really is almost all personal acrimony between the two. Trump endorsed Mitt in 2012. Burying the hatchet of the 2016 campaign may be a hatchet too far though. If they can do it, it will only mean that Trump thinks we are better off with Romney at SoS than not. It wouldn’t be an olive branch in my opinion.


13 posted on 11/20/2016 7:07:03 AM PST by Religion and Politics (It's Morning in America)
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To: BeadCounter

Keep your enemies close..

Romney is a better pick than Bolton.


14 posted on 11/20/2016 7:08:17 AM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: BeadCounter

news of the weird?

i doubt there’s a good way to graft the gope king romney onto this administration.


15 posted on 11/20/2016 7:09:07 AM PST by dadfly
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To: Religion and Politics

The one thing which isn’t talked about...is that Romney is a business-minded guy and can at least sit at a table and discuss the economy with world leaders (not like Hillary or any of the past five or six Secretaries of State). I also doubt that he’s bought off by the Saudis. You could do a lot worse.


16 posted on 11/20/2016 7:10:07 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: BeadCounter

Romney still has a faction within the GOP. It’s OK to throw them a bone and “consider” their leader for a high post.


17 posted on 11/20/2016 7:10:22 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: BeadCounter

They gave him an hour?
For Secretary of State?
Nah

Future Ambassador to Lichtenstein perhaps


18 posted on 11/20/2016 7:10:38 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: BeadCounter
You can bet that if Romney ends up as SOS, his leash will be tended and he will either do Trump's bidding or go through the embarrassment of hearing, "You're fired!".

Lots of folks trying to second guess trump as he asserts that he will be the boss and he intends to fulfill his promises - I picture Romney kissing his ring to maintain a sense of relevance so he doesn't wash down the gutter with the other ashes of failed history...If Trump picks him there will be no misunderstanding of the terms and it will also serve to de-fang a large sector of the #NeverTrump cabal.

Trump has proven time and again that he's nobody's fool - I'm comfortable letting him make the decisions without going into a tailspin of the "what ifs"..

19 posted on 11/20/2016 7:11:42 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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“Romney still has a faction within the GOP.”

Yep. He is the money behind Paul Ryan.

With Romney working for him Trump will own Ryan.


20 posted on 11/20/2016 7:12:33 AM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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