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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: jazusamo

Anagram of “President Barack Obama” = “An Arab-backed Imposter”.


81 posted on 05/14/2019 4:20:28 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I don't watch CNN for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet.)
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To: grania

Agreed, and it’s about as sick as it gets.


82 posted on 05/14/2019 4:20:58 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Mittens is a scumbag plain and simple


83 posted on 05/14/2019 4:21:31 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: jazusamo; LS; Impy; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; SunkenCiv; Elsie; ...

What do you expect from Zero’s 2012 ringer and campaign manager ? How dare this Trump nominee joke about “The Won.”


84 posted on 05/14/2019 4:27:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: jazusamo

Romney = McCain II


85 posted on 05/14/2019 4:28:13 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: faithhopecharity

Willard was there to assure Zero’s reelection against a Conservative nominee.


86 posted on 05/14/2019 4:29:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: CaptainK

You are absolutely right. I get letters from the DNC just about every week wanting me to donate. I always send them back letting them know what I think about them and that I only donate to President Trump directly. Think about the 2 nominees before Donald Trump. McCain and Romney. Two backstabbing weasels.


87 posted on 05/14/2019 4:30:27 PM PDT by democratsaremyenemy (Streepisacreep)
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To: jazusamo

Magic Underwear strikes again— the man who has been indoctrinated and taught for LIFE that he is already a God on Earth. He is Above us all— in his own mind.

And one stupid greasy haired OFF SHORE lying SOB. The Tax man will be coming to this clown. Be assured.

The LEADER of the Norte Mexico Bush League of Reconquistas of Aztlan. Just think of the Mormon converts they could have paying into Salt Lake banks, for this cult religion.


88 posted on 05/14/2019 4:31:04 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: dp0622

Yeah, we DID know. I was shouting it from the rooftops day and night about Willard from 2006 onwards to this very day(that was before you arrived on FR, I know). I refused to vote for that Derp State scum. I voted for Virgil Goode in 2012.


89 posted on 05/14/2019 4:32:01 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: jazusamo

Romney’s church didn’t allow blacks to be ordained.

What were his public comments about those like O’Pickaninny then?


90 posted on 05/14/2019 4:37:12 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: EinNYC
In a nutshell. Romney is simply doing what he has been sent to the senate to do. Thwart Pres Trump at every opportunity for the benefit of the Deep State. Romney has already set up a plan to find and support Republican candidates who fit his criteria for usefulness to the Deep State. I hope that in the coming elections voters make it a point to see if Romney is anywhere around a particular campaign. Romney still thinks he is the leader of the GOP. Pres Trump can handle whatever Romney is foolish enough to throw at him. And he is now well known for his support of Clinton over GOP candidate Donald Trump. He cannot hide who he really is. A staunch democrat posing as a Republican.
91 posted on 05/14/2019 4:37:43 PM PDT by mountainfolk
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To: jazusamo

When the truth comes out about Obama, Romney should be arrested for attempting to obstruct justice.

Use leftist rules against leftists.

Just like when enemy infantry attacks with rifle fire, you return fire right back at ‘em.


92 posted on 05/14/2019 4:39:43 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Whoops lost some of the text.

Meant to say that until Mitt was 30 years old his church didn’t allow blacks to be ordained.


93 posted on 05/14/2019 4:40:00 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: fieldmarshaldj

understood.
Willard a stand-in puppet designed to take a fall for Der Islamic Furher.


94 posted on 05/14/2019 4:42:35 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Fightin Whitey

And Mitt was perfectly fine with it.


95 posted on 05/14/2019 4:42:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Midwesterner53
He’s a Republican?

He's a grinning, unprincipled idiot.
96 posted on 05/14/2019 4:50:11 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: jazusamo

Mitt McStain lives on...


97 posted on 05/14/2019 4:51:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Can I get a shout out for the person(s) who donated $2,000.00 from France? Thanks so much! Wow!)
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To: jazusamo

The only slime lower than a progressive liberal Dimbulbcrat is a backstabbing pretend Republican RINO trying to sound intelligent while wiping liberal **** off of his nose.


98 posted on 05/14/2019 4:57:06 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: jazusamo

I would have voted no for being I 62 years old. Why all the old judges? I thought we wanted to fix the mess for decades?


99 posted on 05/14/2019 4:57:11 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: jazusamo

Mittens is trying to take McCains place as a maverick. He is just going to end up despised by everyone.


100 posted on 05/14/2019 5:07:46 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a doorw)
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