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Romney assails Trump in New Year's op-ed: 'The president has not risen to the mantle of the office'
Washington Times ^ | January 1, 2019 | Victor Morton

Posted on 01/01/2019 5:43:05 PM PST by rdl6989

Days before he officially becomes a U.S. senator, Mitt Romney took to the Washington Post to fire a shot across President Trump’s bow, saying Mr. Trump had made a “deep descent” in December and is hurting the national character.

In an op-ed column published online Tuesday evening, Mr. Romney, now a Republican senator-elect for Utah, came down hardest on recent moves in foreign policy and Cabinet positions related to that.

“After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling. It did not. When he won the election, I hoped he would rise to the occasion. His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging. But, on balance, his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions this month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office,” he wrote.

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To: rdl6989

ROFLOL

He rose right to the top unlike loser Mittens. meow meow meow meow. No pie for you.

Thank God that this godless arrogant spineless $#%@$%#! did not win in 2012. He surrendered to the globalists and wants another turn.

Of all the things there is to know about Mitt Romney, what bothers me the most is that he paid homeless folks in Salt Lake City to relocate to other cities so SLC wouldn’t look so terrible during the winter olympics.

President Donald Trump. Say it with me, Mitt.


41 posted on 01/01/2019 5:53:11 PM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: rdl6989

So says the guy who got his ass kicked by Obama because he screwed up TWO debates and let Candy Crowley own him


42 posted on 01/01/2019 5:53:24 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Lurker

43 posted on 01/01/2019 5:53:52 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: rdl6989

As opposed to mitt, who would’ve immediately, with graciousness, caved to the democrats. Trump’s successes are absolutely “rising to the mantle”.


44 posted on 01/01/2019 5:54:10 PM PST by robel
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To: adorno

Too bad the Dem lost to Romney, cant believe I just said that but honestly there would have been no difference between the two


45 posted on 01/01/2019 5:54:12 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rdl6989
Romney is just another second-rater, hoping for Trump to stumble so he can get back into the game. Much like how some second-tier backup QBs hoping that the starter breaks his leg so they can get some playing time.
46 posted on 01/01/2019 5:54:14 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: rdl6989

You couldn’t even rise to the OFFICE - MITTENS!

Trump will always be and always have been President.

You will NEVER be president.


47 posted on 01/01/2019 5:54:39 PM PST by Skywise
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To: rdl6989

It was so predictable that this high minded loser would add his useless cheap shot to the Trump criticism. Romney should have shown the energy in his own Presidential campaign.


48 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:11 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: rdl6989

I’m an ex Democrat who became a Republican, and I’m only staying in the GOP to get the president renominated again in 2020 and then I’m gone to the independent ranks for good! Mittens and the rest of the Deep State Repukes really don’t give a s**t if the GOP goes down in flames. Their Deep State globalist handlers are who they pledge their loyalty and allegiances to, and not to their constituents. It took many of us a long time to admit to that truth. The GOP has been dead for years. President Trump is dragging its mangled corpse for a few more years.


49 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:12 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Sarah Barracuda

...don’t forget Romney stop campaigning months before the election.


50 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:17 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: rdl6989

Eliminate the tax-exempt status of the LDS


51 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:17 PM PST by montag813
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To: rdl6989
“After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling. It did not. When he won the election, I hoped he would rise to the occasion. His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging.

Apparently Mitt loves the dumbass Tillerson, the big government globalists Cohn, McMaster and Mattis and the recusing little coward, Kebler Magoo.

52 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:27 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: rdl6989

Romney is nothing but another RINO that should never been elected but that is how our Country is going now!!


53 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:38 PM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: rdl6989

A Derp right out of the box!


54 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:43 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: rdl6989
It's disturbing that America has so many backwards, clueless, helplessly confident losers. They are everywhere. The media is probably to blame.
55 posted on 01/01/2019 5:55:45 PM PST by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped)
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To: Zhang Fei
There you have it - Mittens is running in 2020.

Jeb! 2.0
56 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:03 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: rdl6989

Says the man the voters KNEW was not fit for the office. That’s why you lost Mitt. Stop being such an embarrassment


57 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:03 PM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: rdl6989

President is just a job so what does Romney think it is ,D’oh


58 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:06 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: rdl6989

Don’t you have some binders full of women to look at Mitt?


59 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:07 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: rdl6989

So there is one R impeachment vote in the Senate, I guess.


60 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:12 PM PST by DBrow
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