What a great line!
Posted on 03/13/2022 9:02:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A bit of news on this Sunday evening: Mitt Romney is doing Mitt Romney things again.
The “severely conservative” senator from Utah decided to take to social media and trash Tulsi Gabbard. But he didn’t just disagree with her viewpoint. Rather, he actually accused her of treason.
(related Mitt Romney Decides to Cosplay as Liz Cheney)
Tulsi Gabbard is parroting false Russian propaganda. Her treasonous lies may well cost lives.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) March 13, 2022
Given the timing of Romney’s outburst, it can only be in relation to one Gabbard comment because she’s only posted one thing in the last two days. Here’s what she had to say.
There are 25+ US-funded biolabs in Ukraine which if breached would release & spread deadly pathogens to US/world. We must take action now to prevent disaster. US/Russia/Ukraine/NATO/UN/EU must implement a ceasefire now around these labs until they’re secured & pathogens destroyed pic.twitter.com/dhDTH5smIG
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) March 13, 2022
For the life of me, I can’t figure out why establishment figures are so triggered by the mention of the bio-labs in Ukraine. They absolutely exist. The United States has been helping fund them, including offering direct support, as part of a 2005 agreement to contain and manage hazardous materials at the labs. Notice that Gabbard makes no further claims about bio-weapons and the like. She only cites the risk of deadly pathogens being released, which is factually true in regards to the current risks.
So why is Romney freaking out? Is it really so difficult to say “Yeah, the labs are there, but there’s nothing nefarious going on?” Instead, figures like the Utah senator and various “fact-checkers” rush to scream “Russia propaganda” while claiming it’s misinformation to even acknowledge their existence. Even dumber, it is the Pentagon that is warning that Russia could capture one of the labs lab and carry out an attack with its contents.
Try to square that circle.
.@CBSDavidMartin says that a Pentagon official he talked to this morning said there is no movement of chemical weapons into Ukraine, but the concern is that Russia may move to seize a biomedical research facility, weaponize a pathogen, then blame it on Ukraine & the U.S. pic.twitter.com/lKAxxCGgmv
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 13, 2022
Regardless, my big issue here isn’t who’s right or wrong on the merits. Rather, it’s the ridiculous use of the word “treason” by Romney. I get the dude is a neocon, but come on, treason is not defined as whatever you want it to be. The United States is not at war with Russia. Gabbard, misguided or not, is not offering aid and comfort to an enemy nation, a legal standard that goes well beyond the expression of free speech. Joe Biden is currently working with the Russians to try to secure an Iran deal. Is Biden now guilty of treason in Romney’s eyes?
Out of all the things that are dangerous in regards to what’s going on with Russia right now, Tulsi Gabbard saying something on Twitter doesn’t even register. Yet, in true Romney fashion, he has chosen to lash out at everyone but those who are most responsible for the current crisis. When it comes to Biden, Romney always chooses his words carefully, usually not naming the president. When it comes to Gabbard (or a Republican), he comes out guns blazing. That’s not a coincidence.
You can disagree with someone without being ridiculous about it. Romney’s comments are hysterical and dumb. That some people actually think this guy is the best Republican nominee in 2024 because he said something negative about Russia in 2012 is even dumber. Romney is a flip-flopping establishment neocon, and that will never be accepted by the broader Republican Party again, and for good reason.
Think about it. Why did politicians sons make a lot of money in a far away place like Ukraine?
What was going on?
I don’t know just asking.
I wasn’t there.
Was the plan to use Ukraine to get rid of Putin?
That doesn’t make any sense. Hillary and Obama sold him tons of uranium.
And they gave Russia a red reset button.
Romney’s son, Biden’s son, pelosi’s son and more.
How did it all work and for what?
I have no hatred for Romney. Worse, I pity him. He’s clearly mal-informed.
Note, I didn’t say mis-informed. You can fix the mis-informed with information. The mal-informed are too stupid to be corrected.
Nah, beastie needs more crack and blood..
Romney a NeoCon? A warmongering NeoLiberal mote like it.
She did speak at CPAC so maybe Romney thinks she has influence?
He was part of it.
What better way or place to launder money and make yourself even MORE filthy rich than by doing it as far around the globe as you can get?
These politicians installed the Ukrainian President back in 2014, so he plays “ball” with them.
If these criminals tried to milk our oil companies here, they’d get busted too easily. (Notice how they perpetually TRASH our own oil companies as GREEDY..)
But they get their kids, who know NOTHING about the business, installed on “boards” of foreign oil companies, so there are no DIRECT ties should they get caught.. But under the table, it’s 10% for the big guy..
Our filthy media gets THEIR cut - “subsidies” and live in the same neighborhoods as the corrupt politicians, so THEY aren’t gonna say anything - except to repeat the coverup lies they are told to say by the corrupt politicians.
She’s positioning herself as an attractive alternative moderate for 2024.
Don’t you remember when Romney served his country during the Vietnam War from his French Chateau?
mittwit is absolutely filthy with the whole corruption going on in Ukraine.
Romney’s tweet is just stupid. Even non-weaponized pathogens, ordinary diseases, could be dangerous if released. That’s why level 3 level 4 biolabs have all those precautions in place in the first place, and nobody claims that all of them are working on “biological weapons.”
Romney is overdue to be tied down to a car roof and taken on very bad roads
Soros has an evil stare, like he want’s your blood.
What a great line!
I’ve seen her interviewed on FOX a couple of times recently, and I must say most RATs would consider her a traitor. She almost seems sane.
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