Mitt Romney: Democrats bungled and botched 2024

Politico ^ | 15 December 2024 | David Cohen

[Vigilanteman]

Retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said he was astonished how badly Democrats misread the electorate in the 2024 elections.

Speaking in a wide-ranging interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Romney said, “I look at this last election. Uh, I shake my head as I look at our Democrat friends. How could they have so badly misread the public mood?”

He saw trouble ahead for the Democratic Party.

“Look, the Republican Party has become the party of the working class, middle class voter, and you’ve got to give Donald Trump credit for having done that,” he told host Jake Tapper. “Taking that away from the Democrats.”

Romney has been one of the Republicans most critical of Trump over the last decade. Speaking to Tapper, Romney declined to say who he voted for this year for president.

“There’s a wonderful thing we have in this country,” he told Tapper, “which is the secret ballot. So I’m not telling you who I voted for in 2024.”

[Vigilanteman]

Maybe Romney wants to show he is not quite as low class of turd-bird as Liz Cheney. Maybe he is even hinting that he might have voted for Trump in the Tapper interview. Who knows?

[ealgeone]

have we ever heard bammy, pelosi, aoc, bernie ever call the gop-e their "friends"??

enough of this mccain reaching across the aisle nice nonsense.

[rdl6989]

Yes they did and that’s why RINO Romney is in mourning.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said he was astonished how badly Democrats misread the electorate in the 2024 elections.

They were just following Willard's lead.

[xxqqzz]

I agree they had the worst possible candidates and ran a bad campaign. It was close enough that they had a shot with better candidates if the votes they did get were real.

[sit-rep]

what a fkn piss ant this guy is... I cant recall him saying anything while it was happening!!

[ChronicMA]

I think Romney is torn. He knows that Trump is better for the economy. But on other issues he disagrees with Trump.

[HIDEK6]

Uh, I shake my head as I look at our Democrat friends …

Don’t you mean “your democrat friends,” Pierre?

[rktman]

From an X-spurt in those arenas.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Well he bungled 2012 and could have beaten Obama if he had not run such a bad campaign. Do I not remember he took a vacation right in the middle of the campaign????????????

[Mashood]

Hindsight is 20/20.

[SaveFerris]

And we are grateful, Mitt Romney (D-Utah)

[Fiji Hill]

“There’s a wonderful thing we have in this country,” he told Tapper, “which is the secret ballot. So I’m not telling you who I voted for in 2024.”

How about 2012? It's a safe bet that you didn't vote for the Republican candidate in that race either.

[BradyLS]

He let Candy Crawley walk all over him, is what he did.

[728b]

Proof Utah republicans bungled an election !

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I think Romney is torn. He knows that Trump is better for the economy. But on other issues he disagrees with Trump.

The only things Willard cares about are money and power, and not necessarily in that order.

[VeniVidiVici]

It’s idiots like Romney why the Republicans can only hold congress for two years before losing it because they (Republicans) have to be “fair” and “diplomatic”.

[TimSkalaBim]

What a repulsive character. It’s hard to believe he was once a republican nominee for president. It is so great that Trump’s vindication has put guys like this in the far distant rear view mirror. May they never return.

[af_vet_1981]

"you’ve got to give Donald Trump credit for having done that"

Not tired of winning

[Owen]

No one asks him the uncomfortable question.

Why are you retiring? Or rather, why are you retiring in disgrace?