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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Of course. It would mask the stink of this article.
Romney was a failure and even his fellow Rinos despised him.
the reason he proved so effective was his willingness to work across the aisle and prioritize the interests of the country over his party.
Translation -— he stabbed his constituents in the back and voted with democrats because he’s a huge RINO, fickle and faithless, not to be trusted at any time, helping democrats try to destroy our country. Elder statesman? NO! Elder RAT!
A: LOSE!
What would Mitt Romney do? He was the consummate back-stabbing reptile from the finance world so anyone that emulated Romney would be a back-stabbing, pompous crap-weasel.
I think one can find a DIRECT LINK between Canada’s Third World immigration explosion and the lengthened wait times. Same thing for housing/renting costs.
If real Canadians are TOO DUMB to figure this out, then they deserve whatever happens to them.
“What would Mitt Romney do?”
IDK. Look for somebody to stab in the back, I suppose.
Time for Mitt to hie to Kolob.
The usual bootlicking BS from the Bezos fish wrap.
Agreed. I have more respect for people who let me know where they stand, even if they are wrong.
I just threw up in my mouth. 🙄
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