Posted on 05/16/2020 6:52:25 PM PDT by Magnatron
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump's firings of internal government oversight officials, calling it a "threat to accountable democracy."
Romney's comments came in response to Trump's Friday firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick -- the latest in a series of dismissals of independent government watchdogs that have come in the wake of the President's acquittal on two articles of impeachment earlier this year.
"The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing so without good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power," the Utah Republican tweeted. Romney is the only Senate Republican who voted to convict Trump of abuse of power earlier this year.
Linick's dismissal drew immediate condemnation from top Democrats who accused the President of engaging in a pattern of retaliation against public servants charged with oversight of his administration.
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To ensure his Burisma $$$
And Obama didn’t even want one while Hillary was Secretary...
Vacancy during Clinton tenure
Harold W. Geisel served as Acting Inspector General during Clinton’s service.[1] Throughout the tenure of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (which lasted until February 1, 2013),[5] there was no permanent inspector general at the State Department, nor did President Barack Obama nominate anyone for that position while Clinton was Secretary.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State
Balance of power between WHAT and WHAT?
The Left, including Senator Romney and most of the GOP, seem to desire the Executive Branch, or parts of it, to be independent of the President, when they are properly his servants.
Hey MYTH; you are such an ASS, just go away.
He could go down in history as the only person to run for President from two different political parties and lose both times.
Mitt Romney is as bad as his dad.
Hes probably as corrupt as McCain was with Democrats as well
Votes for McCain and Romney as president didnt matter anyhow, they werent in it to win it. Those were no confidence votes against Obama.
Mitt Romney didnt want to win anyhow.
While he may have seemed fired up during the debates or something he never criticized the presidency under Obama. No criticism while he was in office or after he left office and crimes have been exposed.
Where was Romeny, or for that matter Congress, then this happened:
“President Barack Obama says he has lost confidence in the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs and has told Congress he is removing him from the position.
Obama’s move follows an investigation by IG Gerald Walpin finding misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group led by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star.”
Its more appropriate to compare mitt Romney to Jennifer ruben or Megan McCain. Outright phonies
Romney’s funny underwear strikes again!
The guy can’t help it.
His butt hole is plagued by a super wedgie.
Go home, Mitt. Your 15 seconds of infamy are gone.
MAY THAT BE SO!
Or Navarro or Steve Schmidt or Rick Wilson. But they don’t get a senate vote. This traitor does.
Let’s be REAL honest. Is there a FReeper here that gives a rat’s ass what mittens thinks?
The man gets zero respect from me.
Mitt Romney is a threat to America. Mitt, go to hell!
Why does anybody pay attention to Pierre? He has nothing of substance to say. His every utterance oozes massive butt-hurt toward Trump.
Once a Assh*** always a ne Assho**
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