Posted on 07/19/2018 6:17:49 PM PDT by libh8er
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tore into President Trump on Monday after Trump challenged the intelligence community's assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, calling Trump's behavior "disgraceful and detrimental to our democratic principles."
Romney's comments came hours after Trump held a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, in which he questioned whether Russia was behind efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.
"President Trump's decision to side with Putin over American intelligence agencies is disgraceful and detrimental to our democratic principles," Romney, who is running for Senate in Utah, said in a statement posted on Twitter.
"Russia remains our number one geopolitical adversary; claiming a moral equivalence between the United States and Russia not only defies reason and history, it undermines our national integrity and impairs our global credibility."
Romney's statement was one of several GOP rebukes of Trump's performance at the press conference. Romney had taken a noticeably softer approach to the president in recent months after being fiercely critical during the real estate mogul's 2016 presidential bid.
Trump has offered Romney his endorsement in his bid to replace the retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
Trump's comments on Monday, however, drew criticism from across the political spectrum, with both Republicans and Democrats criticizing him for failing to say whether Russia interfered in the election and casting doubt on his own intelligence community, while standing next to Putin.
Romney just mad that Zero beat him. Jealous of Trump beating Zero II..
We need to come up with a nickname or mem for Romney that just makes him the laughing stock of the nation.
I know he already is, but he needs some help.
He was already a joke outside Utah in 2012.
Could only draw people to stare at his crazy underwear at campaign events...
I’m wondering why someone hasn’t punched the teeth out of Mittens’ lying face yet?
Like all Uniparty @ssclowns, he's short 20-30 strokes of a Canadian Harp seal hunter's club.
Also an extra feckless “0bama”...
Romney hates diplomacy only when our most diplomatically successful President is conducting diplomacy. Romney has penis envy.
Romney likes nuclear war.
Wow. I don’t recall dipshit Romney ever giving Barack Hussein Obama such a rebuke over Russia.
Unfortunately Romney is a Republican in the McCain mold. He’s out for himself, not his country and not even his Party.
I doubt the Mormon voters of Utah will wake-up but voting for Romney is a vote to support Russia and Communism.
Stifle yourself, Willard. Stifle, stifle stifle!
I knew he is a closet RAT! I tried to convince friends not to vote for Mitt in the Primary, but the idiot won anyway. Drat!
What a stupid religion it truly must be that it can convince otherwise seemly intelligent people to support a backstabbing carpetbagger - Mitt Romney.
Perhaps its instructive to remember Joseph Smith was shot dead, as he tried to escape out of a window in the back of his house by the towns folk who had enough of his crap and fraud.
A lecherous thieving charlatan was the founder of Mormonism - I guess that's why Mitt Romney will be a great fit for these folks.
Say what you will about Obama. At least he doesn't publicly stab his compatriots in the chest, like Mitt does.
Worse yet, Mitt does this while he's running for office.
:^)
0dungo stabbed the USA in the chest!
Obama never considered the American people to be his allies. He feels no allegiance to this country whatsoever.
Every time he stabbed us, it was totally expected.
At the same time, he never intentionally savaged a Democrat, the way alleged Republican Mitt Romney is doing to President Trump.
Shaddap, Milt, you jerk.
When asked what most bothered Romney, his response: “I was bewildered that Trump had the audacity to promise the Kremlin preferential status once he secures his 2nd term.”
Yeah, Romney, you’re an asshole.
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