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Republican elites retreat to a Trump-safe space: Mitt Romney's place
CNN ^ | 6/8/2016 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 06/08/2016 4:03:37 PM PDT by lodi90

(CNN)One year ago the question hovering over Park City, Utah, was which presidential candidate could capture the hearts of Mitt Romney's friends.

Less than a week later, Donald Trump said he was running for president and made them his enemy. And he beat them.

Now, with Trump as the GOP nominee, those same Republican fundraisers, business titans and longtime friends of Romney are back to huddle far from Trump Tower. Attendees caution that Romney's annual summit -- The Experts and Enthusiasts, or E2, retreat -- is not an exclusive conclave for the #NeverTrump movement. Yet it is the closest thing to a safe space for conservatives who agree that Trump is not a Republican in the mold of their 2012 Republican nominee, who remains revered by associates.

Romney, who has criticized Trump at every turn, will brief his allies in a highly-anticipated, even if brief, set of remarks Thursday evening.

Two Republicans who have been the most uneasy with Trump's ascension: House Speaker Paul Ryan, who just endorsed Trump last week, and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who has refused to, will speak, their offices confirmed.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: Utah; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; diabn; gop; loserromney; losersconclave; losersinside; mittens; nevertrump; paulnehlen; paulryan; rinocentral; romney; ryan; saboteurromney; safespace; trump; wisconsin
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To: lodi90

This is today’s Republican Party:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/23352-battle-rages-as-gop-saves-obama-plot-to-diversify-neighborhoods?tmpl=component&print=1

They pull crap like this all the time and then wonder why a guy like Trump has such sway? Then they have the nerve to say TRUMP isn’t a republican? If I’m Trump, I’m waving this kind of stuff in front of every camera I can find saying THEY aren’t the Republcians.

I never wish death on anyone but I’ve read many an obituary with a smile, to paraphrase Mark Twain. The GOPe fall into that category for me. I wouldn’t set their enclave on fire but I’d roast marshmallows while it burned.


61 posted on 06/08/2016 7:31:39 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Bushbacker1

There are 435 House members. Over 220 are Republcians. We could stand to lose that seat if it meant teaching them a lesson.


62 posted on 06/08/2016 7:33:44 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: lodi90

Romney and his cohorts are no way conservatives.


63 posted on 06/08/2016 7:39:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: lodi90

Elitism is such a bore. The Romneys are everyday more and more like the Howells from Gilligan’s Island. Mitt has his glass ceiling and that means that his leadership is subject to self-imposed limits like the ones we saw during his self-limiting campaign for President. Another globalist liberal.


64 posted on 06/08/2016 8:01:48 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (I am prepared and like a watchman in the night.)
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To: Bushbacker1

I live in Texas but I have voted against Ryan twice already. I donated to Nehlen’s campaign to unseat the smarmy Speaker and official back-stabbing SOB that Ryan has turned-out to be.

You may want to do the same.


65 posted on 06/08/2016 8:09:42 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (I am prepared and like a watchman in the night.)
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To: lodi90

The Repubs are happy to be a losing lame-duck party that walks around hanging its head. It’s an excuse to use their office as a no-show job. They’re freaking out at the prospect of having to actually do some work when Trump gets in.


66 posted on 06/08/2016 8:15:32 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: goldstategop

Because Mr. RINO-care is one of them. You drop a druggie lowlife in the middle of any city in America with $0 and only the clothes on his back and within the hour, he’s found 6 friends and is getting high with them. Lowlife idiots recognize their own kind and naturally band together.


67 posted on 06/08/2016 8:18:51 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: lodi90

I did not vote for Trump ...The majority did...Now I support Trump, too.He is our firewall against thee Criminal Clintons. I am sick of the RepublicanEs acting like Hillary supporters...I am sick of the whole bunch.

Get behind our nominee and quit whining. Romney blew his chance. I will not respect another word by many of the talking heads and many of our so called leaders.

They say it is about conservative principles...I think it is about power.

Don’t they realize how far left Bernie has pushed Clinton!
She will be a disaster for our nation. We’ve seen how she handles security. She cares more about protecting herself than protecting the nation’s secrets.

Trump loves this country...He won’t intentionally harm it...Hillary cannot be trusted with this nation’s fate.


68 posted on 06/08/2016 8:23:38 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops***DEFEAT HILLARY)
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To: lodi90
The Experts and Enthusiasts (E2) = The Establishment and Elite

In other words, GOPee or GOPE2

Democrats in All But Label Only (DIABLOs)

Mitt Romney = Socialist

69 posted on 06/08/2016 8:32:42 PM PDT by Waryone
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To: MEG33

I did not vote for Trump ...The majority did...Now I support Trump, too.He is our firewall against thee Criminal Clintons. I am sick of the RepublicanEs acting like Hillary supporters...I am sick of the whole bunch.

Get behind our nominee and quit whining. Romney blew his chance. I will not respect another word by many of the talking heads and many of our so called leaders.

They say it is about conservative principles...I think it is about power.


Isn’t it amazing what a little Trumpshine uncovers. It’s patently obvious now that the GOP elite have no interest in defending Main Street USA against rampaging Demofascists. They are self interested featherbedding “leaders” instead. Sadly, the Greatest Generation has given us the Greediest Generation.


70 posted on 06/08/2016 8:38:04 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: lodi90

God help us. I fear for our nation.


71 posted on 06/08/2016 8:48:31 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops***DEFEAT HILLARY)
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To: VerySadAmerican

LOL.... so true


72 posted on 06/08/2016 8:51:18 PM PDT by basalt
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To: weston

“I am speechless too.
I just cannot understand these NeverTrump Republicans.

They say they can weather the storm of 4 years of Hillary? Why can’t they endure 4 years of Trump?

It’s not rational. smh”

The NeverTrump cult is despicable. Today there was a cuck on Twitter who proclaimed that this was the first time that he was ashamed to be Republican.

I let him know in no uncertain terms what I thought of him. He was ashamed to be a Republican because of Trump but wasn’t ashamed of the Bushes, McCain and Romney.

As time goes on, the NeverTrump cult expose themselves as leftists and globalists at heart. They want the illegal invasion to continue.


73 posted on 06/08/2016 10:13:15 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

As time goes on, the NeverTrump cult expose themselves as leftists and globalists at heart. They want the illegal invasion to continue.

This increasingly clear fact makes me disappointed, sad and mad all at once.
We have been misled as to what Republican leaders meant when they proclaimed conservative values.
Their definition and mine are totally different.

Good job fighting on the Twitterverse. We must push back on the NeverTrump crowd every chance we get.


74 posted on 06/08/2016 10:30:19 PM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: MEG33

Thank you for joining the Trump supporters..

We are strong, loud and real..and we have sent plenty of messages to Ryan and the heads of GOP/RNC they betray us it will be the end of their Organizations...as we will flea in the click of your fingers..and we will never return...

Over 13 Million Americans have voted for Trump...the MSM gave him a bad week, calling him racist...well we sure as hell don’t want to have a woman president, who is married to an accused rapist, that is for sure. and daily, more and more info. on this Judge is becoming known and by November, the Trump Lawyers will be attacking him and his Court big time. wait and see...

So Romney can go eat shi! for all I care, he is a LOSER and he is not liked...nor are his few chosen followers...WE VOTERS HAVE AWAKENED AND TRUMP HAS CREAMED 16 CANDIDATES...HE HAS THE DECLARED NUMBER PLUS, OF DELEGATES THE LAW SAYS ARE NECESSARY ...AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THEM DESTROY ALL HE HAS DONE THIS PAST YEAR...HE HAS PAID HIS OWN WAY, THEY DO NOT OWN HIM...HE OWES THEM NOTHING...PERIOD.

HE TOTALLY HAS ALL THE LIBERALS SCARED TO DEATH AND THE GOP AS WELL IT SEEMS...

SO TO THAT GROUP OF EVIL DOERS LISTEN TO US ROAR...WE MEAN BUSINESS WHEN WE TELL YOU .....WE WILL TOTALLY DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND YOU WILL NEVER RECOVER...SO WAKE THE HE!! UP AND GET ON BOARD THE TRUMP TRAIN OR FOREVER BE GONE.

ALSO..Beware all you losers down the ballot, you know who you are, your the professional politician we have been telling you that we are sick and tired of...we will VOTE ALL INCUMBENTS OUT OF OFFICE..


75 posted on 06/08/2016 10:35:40 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: weston

It has become pretty amazing how conservative values have changed with the invasion of our country and horrible NAFTA deals, our side ARE NOT conservatives if they believe McCain and Romney are conservative they are idiots!!! They could care less about America First or her citizens just lime Trump says our government has become a hedge fund for ALL of them and their OWN WEALTH !!!! They SELL access and take care of their buddies, friends, brothers children and WE get SCREWED!!!!


76 posted on 06/08/2016 10:39:44 PM PDT by Kit cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: MEG33

MEG33 Trump is correct the BASTARDS in our government have gone in as public servants and become millionaires selling access their own private hedge funds at our expense!!! It is TRULY sickening, they break ALL of the laws and create more laws and regulation WE MUST follow!!! The pot is BOILING OVER if Trump does not get in this cycle I am afraid something VERY serious is going to happen AMERICANS are PISSED!!!!


77 posted on 06/08/2016 10:45:07 PM PDT by Kit cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: lodi90

Safe space = Sanctuary cities!Now The brave republicrats are hiding behind closed doors...AGAIN!


78 posted on 06/08/2016 10:45:33 PM PDT by Randy Larsen
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To: haircutter

P.S.

I forgot to mention, I’ve been a registered Republican all my voting life...since I was 18 and that has been 55 years ago..I was raised in a strong voting Republican Family, I raised my two adult kids as strong, Conservative, Family Values. and they will leave the party as well...

wake up American Voters...send the RNC/GOP a message...This Romney/Ryan bull needs to stop now...do not destroy this upcoming Convention in Cleveland, OHIO, the City and State I was raised in.

Donald J. Trump is the chosen candidate for President of the United States...Representing the Republican Party.


79 posted on 06/08/2016 10:53:15 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: weston

“We must push back on the NeverTrump crowd every chance we get.”

Amen!


80 posted on 06/08/2016 10:58:32 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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