Posted on 12/19/2024 2:58:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), retiring at 77, accomplished more during his single term than many senators do in decades. Though it helped that he entered the chamber with the gravitas of an elder statesman, having served as the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee, the reason he proved so effective was his willingness to work across the aisle and prioritize the interests of the country over his party.
Mr. Romney joined a group of 10 senators — five Republicans, five Democrats — who cooperated closely in 2020, during the covid-19 pandemic, to hammer out a stalled relief package. They subsequently helped shepherd into law a bipartisan infrastructure bill, the furthest-reaching gun-safety bill in a generation, a codification of same-sex marriage rights with protections for religious liberty, and a reform of the Electoral Count Act after its defects were exposed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Five of those 10 lawmakers won’t be in the Senate next year: In addition to Mr. Romney, Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, both Democrats who became independents, opted not to seek reelection. Jon Tester (D-Montana) was one of the three Democratic senators defeated in this year’s election. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) retired in 2023. Those remaining are Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire).
After they’re gone, even hardened partisans will come to miss the pragmatic dealmakers who sought common ground in good faith amid ever-more-extreme polarization. Other excellent senators are riding into the sunset as well, including Ben Cardin (D-Maryland). He worked with John McCain (R-Arizona) to pass the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which allows the U.S. government to impose sanctions on individuals who are responsible for human rights abuses by freezing their assets...
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Romney couldn’t solve a tic-tac-toe problem.
And, obviously, neither could the WaPo staff.
Go away, WaPo. You are mere establishment journalists. And as such, you are not worth the respect I’d give to a slime mold.
"Polarization" occurs when the Demo_rats don't get their way.
What a joke. The most useless Senator in US history. So bad not even the Mormons in Utah would re-elect him
I wonder if Romney was bought dinner before that lovefest. /s
Wow! Someone’s arm must be tired after shoveling that much horse poop.
Slime molds are beautiful and even “smart.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/5617/
I see the WaPo love left handed republicans
Thirty years past his sell by date. Loser he is.
He’s gonna have the last laugh when he gets his own planet to rule.
WaPo making Mitt out to be a hero? Even more reason to ignore anything he or his circle of traitors want.
That’s funny cause in 2012 the same commie media called Romney a racist disgusting scumbag who put his dog on the roof of his car to rot
The media is also cranking up the old “Poor Migrants Being Separated From Their Families,” and, “ICE Ripping Children from Parents Arms,” articles. They are going to wail like crazy when the deportations commence.
The media is also cranking up the old “Poor Migrants Being Separated From Their Families,” and, “ICE Ripping Children from Parents Arms,” articles. They are going to wail like crazy when the deportations commence.
Romney finally gets his puff piece from the WAPO for exceptional services rendered to the Democratic party.
I hope it was worth his immortal soul, but I sincerely doubt it.
And yet the WP would never back Romney in any serious contest against a RAT.
Romney is the only one who doesn’t know this.
Seconded.
Excuse me while I throw up.😝
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