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Romney votes against Trump pick over comments attacking Obama
The Hill ^ | May 14, 2019 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 05/14/2019 3:12:40 PM PDT by jazusamo

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) voted against one of President Trump’s judicial picks Tuesday over past controversial comments the judge made about former President Barack Obama.

Romney, who faced off against Obama in the 2012 presidential race, cast the lone GOP “no” vote against Judge Michael Truncale, who was ultimately confirmed to the Eastern District of Texas by a 49-46 margin.

Truncale raised eyebrows in 2011 when he called Obama an “un-American imposter.”

He later told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he was “merely expressing frustration by what I perceived as a lack of overt patriotism on behalf of President Obama,” adding that he did not subscribe to the “birther” theory.

However, Romney found enough fault with the original remark to vote against Truncale’s nomination.

“He made particularly disparaging comments about President Obama. And as the Republican nominee for president, I just couldn't subscribe to that in a federal judge,” Romney told Politico in a brief interview.

“This was not a matter of qualifications or politics. This was something specifically to that issue as a former nominee of our party.”

Romney has emerged as one of the few GOP critics of Trump, often hitting the president over his rhetoric. He most recently bucked the White House by opposing its plans to nominate Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve Board.

Though he votes in line with the president more often than not, he is more likely to oppose the White House than most other Republican senators, according to a tally compiled by FiveThirtyEight.


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To: dfwgator

Hillary, but with a penis..wait, strike that..they both have one


61 posted on 05/14/2019 3:40:20 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: EinNYC
"Romney is a two faced liar, a chronic backstabber, and about as useful to America as a concrete parachute."

Well said and worth repeating!

62 posted on 05/14/2019 3:42:09 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

I don’t know if those closest to me say I am the most hopeful and optimistic character :).

But they will say I move forward no matter what and I try to severely limit turning my head around to look at what was or would have been.

It’s the worst kind of wasted energy.


63 posted on 05/14/2019 3:42:42 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

And without as many personal scandals.

But yeah, Romney losing was probably a good thing in the long run. Whatever else may end up being part of Trump’s legacy, there is no question that the events from the start of his campaign to now have opened a lot of eyes with regard to the way politics and our government really works.


64 posted on 05/14/2019 3:43:21 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: jazusamo

McTurd’s ghost


65 posted on 05/14/2019 3:45:31 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Midwesterner53

No


66 posted on 05/14/2019 3:45:47 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: jazusamo

Wrongheaded Romney reminds me a lot of Bruce Jenner, with both his fruity looks, and his bizarre, fruity, spineless actions.


        


(I wonder if he is also planning on getting one of those "snip-snip-snip" operations, so he can become "Mitzi" Romney.)

67 posted on 05/14/2019 3:46:02 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: jazusamo

I can see the sunny side of this joker losing in 2012 now.


68 posted on 05/14/2019 3:46:15 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: jazusamo

Most Valuable Player on the NeverTrump, Anti-Trump, Republican Resistance Team, and Chief Pearl Clutcher.


69 posted on 05/14/2019 3:46:24 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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I would revote against mittens a thousand times over even if got O’Bunghole re-elected in 2020


70 posted on 05/14/2019 3:46:43 PM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
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71 posted on 05/14/2019 3:47:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dp0622

Good points.


72 posted on 05/14/2019 4:00:22 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo

The very warmest of friends.

73 posted on 05/14/2019 4:01:09 PM PDT by henbane
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To: jazusamo

Thank Utah


74 posted on 05/14/2019 4:01:16 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Mormons loves them some slave labor.


75 posted on 05/14/2019 4:03:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: jazusamo
Michael J. Truncale is a member of The Federalist Society.

OF COURSE the Piece of Mitt would vote against him.

76 posted on 05/14/2019 4:08:03 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: jazusamo

Romney and or Rubio will never get my vote. Both McCain clones.


77 posted on 05/14/2019 4:08:37 PM PDT by Jumper (The DNC's Big Tent ... a place where he opposition to America comes together)
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To: jazusamo

I’m assuming that Romney is part of the coup. How sick is it that establishment ‘pubs finagled him into a US Senate seat while they enabled the defeat of conservatives?


78 posted on 05/14/2019 4:09:36 PM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: henbane

Two grinning jack asses


79 posted on 05/14/2019 4:14:33 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: jazusamo

Go suck a Lemon, Romney!


80 posted on 05/14/2019 4:20:09 PM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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