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Mitt Romney says Donald Trump will change America with 'trickle-down racism'
CNN Politics ^ | June 11 2016 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 06/13/2016 7:12:18 AM PDT by Pelham

Mitt Romney suggested Friday that Donald Trump's election could legitimize racism and misogyny, ushering in a change in the moral fabric of American society.

The 2012 Republican nominee, who has openly opposed Trump's candidacy, went further than he has before in outlining to CNN's Wolf Blitzer how the country's character would suffer in a Trump White House. Trump's rhetoric has caused even some other Republicans to label him a racist, and Romney said he would not be able to paper over his incendiary remarks.

"I don't want to see trickle-down racism," Romney said in an interview here in a suite overlooking the Wasatch Mountains, where he is hosting his yearly ideas conference. "I don't want to see a president of the United States saying things which change the character of the generations of Americans that are following. Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation, and trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry, trickle-down misogyny, all these things are extraordinarily dangerous to the heart and character of America."

Romney, who actively sought to recruit an independent, third-party challenger to Trump, also conceded that a credible candidate will not emerge. But he did show a new openness to one non-Trump candidate, libertarian Gary Johnson, whom he did not rule out voting for.

Johnson's running mate is another former Massachusetts governor, Bill Weld, who once fundraised for Romney. If the ticket was flipped and Weld was the standard-bearer, Romney said he would have no qualms about voting for the libertarian ticket this fall.

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To: eyeamok

Or, Trickle-Down Treason?


41 posted on 06/13/2016 7:39:46 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Pelham

Romney, an old fool, blathers about nonsense when the USA suffers from events like those that took place early Sunday morning.


42 posted on 06/13/2016 7:41:47 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Pelham

Romney (and most progressives of either party) wouldn’t know racism if it bit them on the @$$.


43 posted on 06/13/2016 7:42:40 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Pelham

ROFL....I think Willard ‘the rat’ Romney’s ‘magic underwear’ is to tight, shutting off the blood flow to his head...


44 posted on 06/13/2016 7:44:17 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Pelham
They’ll elect a Democrat.

Madison will always outbid Janesville for 3rd world immigrants. In Madison they still the locals still think they're cute.
45 posted on 06/13/2016 7:46:55 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: Pelham

Liberals have a clever scam. They call themselves Republicans so that conservatives fund their campaigns.


46 posted on 06/13/2016 7:47:30 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Pelham

Right? Why would anyone other than CNN care about what this loser says, thinks or feels? #DumpRomney #DumpRyan


47 posted on 06/13/2016 7:47:31 AM PDT by gypsy rosalee
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To: gypsy rosalee

Already trickled down under Obama, and anti police too.

Trump is right Mitt did choke like a dog, no balls, no spine.

Glad he lost. Now STFU and go away.


48 posted on 06/13/2016 7:56:25 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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To: Pelham

Ryan is such a wuss he just might retire to his K street massa’s plantation if he is primaried the next two elections.
If he survives this primary.


49 posted on 06/13/2016 7:58:42 AM PDT by oldvirginian (I refuse to be assimilated !)
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To: Sasparilla

WTH is Mitt Romney these days???? He’s not elected to anything is he???


50 posted on 06/13/2016 8:04:46 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Pelham
Romney fights republicans like a rabid, caged dog. It's the democrats he plays nice with. So this sort of escalation isn't unexpected. He's the worst.

I held my nose and voted for that scumbag, like I did for McCain because I knew Obama would be terrible but I had no illusions that either of them would be good, perhaps marginally better is all I could hope for. But I will never ever again vote for another GOP-e stooge. That's done.

51 posted on 06/13/2016 8:07:18 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: Pelham

He’s turning into Al Gore.


52 posted on 06/13/2016 8:16:38 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: pepsi_junkie

“Romney fights republicans like a rabid, caged dog. It’s the democrats he plays nice with. So this sort of escalation isn’t unexpected. He’s the worst. “

Good observation.


53 posted on 06/13/2016 8:18:03 AM PDT by Pelham (Islam, our favorite murder cult)
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To: JBW1949
He is the enemy of the LSM's "enemy", so he's their "friend" for the time being.

It's how the LSM conned McCainiac into being worse than he otherwise would have been.

(I still think he should have been booted out of the Senate during the thrifts corruption, if not into prison as well.)

54 posted on 06/13/2016 8:24:44 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Pelham

Doesn’t he ever shut up? He’s embarrassed himself already, plenty. He will never win any public office in America other than possibly -— hitlery’s vp?


55 posted on 06/13/2016 8:25:45 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Pelham

Trump is being handed the election on a silver platter thanks to Obama, Hillary,Romney and the Liberal Media ignoring the fact that we are at war with ISIS on our own turf.


56 posted on 06/13/2016 8:26:38 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Pelham

57 posted on 06/13/2016 8:26:56 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Pelham

I held my nose and voted for this jackass in 2012 with the thought that bad as he is, he’d still be a small improvement over Obama. Given Romney’s behavior during the past few months, I’m not even convinced that much was true.


58 posted on 06/13/2016 8:37:52 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

So did I. The first time in years that I had voted for the GOPe. I’m glad the bastard lost.


59 posted on 06/13/2016 8:42:47 AM PDT by Pelham (Islam vs the Free World in a death match)
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To: Pelham

Romney is the epitome of what is wrong with the Republican Party.


60 posted on 06/13/2016 10:08:01 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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