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Utah’s Most Famous RINO May Fall Off the Fence
PJ Media ^ | 27 Dec 2022 | Lincoln Brown

Posted on 12/27/2022 11:42:58 AM PST by Rummyfan

It should come as no surprise to Utahns or anyone who identifies as conservative that Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) did not vote along party lines when it came to the $1.7 trillion spending bill/omnibus package. Well, he did vote along party lines, just not the party with which he is affiliated. Romney took to Twitter to explain his rationale...

If you couldn’t stand a political version of a time-share pitch, let me summarize it for you:

- It would cost less to pass it this year than next.
- Republicans aren’t organized enough to get a speaker together, let alone budgets.
- They need Senate Democrats to pass a budget, anyway.
- Sure, $1.7 trillion sounds like a lot of money, but it only makes up 1/3 of government spending. The other 2/3, which include social security, entitlements Medicare, and Medicaid, are the real culprits when it comes to debt.
- The Electoral Count Act will stop attempts to overturn elections.
- The bill has some good things in it.
- Utah gets some money out of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrat; bloggers; gopestablishment; loser; magicunderwear; meltromney; miltromney; mitt; mittens; mittromney; muttdumbney; pierredefecto; pierredelecto; pierrerejecto; rino; rinos; rmoney; romney; uniparty; utah; waytogoutah; willard; willardwiltromney; wiltromney
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1 posted on 12/27/2022 11:42:58 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Interesting to read. I suspect these are lies, although not very good ones. The reason Romney voted yes is because he was paid to vote yes. In other words, Romney sold his yes vote.


2 posted on 12/27/2022 11:47:35 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Rummyfan
Utah is controlled by the Mormons. Romney does the bidding of the Mormon elders. So long as he continues to do their bidding, he will continue to get reelected.
3 posted on 12/27/2022 11:49:41 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: Rummyfan

I’m waiting for the day they declare social security bankrupt and can’t pay out it’s obligations while they still collect the withholding from people’s paychecks and the employers portions. That’s gonna be some sales job bolder than global warming, Covid, and FBI testimony, combined.


4 posted on 12/27/2022 11:51:25 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Rummyfan

“who identifies as conservative” WTF???

it’s even invaded right media now...

i don’t identify as one, i AM one.


5 posted on 12/27/2022 11:52:42 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: blackdog

Social security was a ponzi scheme from day one—it is just a very long con:

https://moneymorning.com/2017/03/31/the-social-security-trust-fund-is-just-a-stack-of-ious-in-a-west-virginia-filing-cabinet/


6 posted on 12/27/2022 11:53:29 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Rummyfan

“Utah gets some money out of it.” That’s not quoted in full. He said: “Utah gets some money out of it, and so did I.”


7 posted on 12/27/2022 11:55:25 AM PST by LLBeet
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To: Rummyfan

Mittens confirms what we here knew all along. He is a jerk.


8 posted on 12/27/2022 11:56:41 AM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nation of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: thegagline

Right on!

You can lead a mormon around like a donkey. Just tie a dollar bill to a stick and dangle it in front of them.


9 posted on 12/27/2022 11:59:32 AM PST by crz
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To: Rummyfan
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) did not vote along party lines

WTF does that mean? There was no party line. Eighteen Republicans including the Majority Leader and Majority whip voted FOR the bill.

10 posted on 12/27/2022 11:59:49 AM PST by Jim Noble (I feel my heart beat faster any place in the neighborhood of the Astor)
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To: cgbg

Big mistake passing the Unified Budget Act. Reagan got hoodwinked on a few. Immigration reform and the unified budget act both. Remember Graham-Ruddman? Where did it get flushed to?


11 posted on 12/27/2022 12:00:32 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Rummyfan

Romney bragged recently that he would win if he ran for Senate again. REAL top tier politicians in compatible states don’t even have to SAY it. Nancy Pelosi NEVER has to say that she would win re-election.


12 posted on 12/27/2022 12:00:42 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: cgbg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_Control_Act_of_2011


13 posted on 12/27/2022 12:04:34 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Rummyfan

Willard votes for every liberal bill he reads...

and also the ones he doesnt read ...

Who has time to read 4,000+ pages ???

Willard has more important things to do ...

Like malign Conservatives etc ...


14 posted on 12/27/2022 12:06:12 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: cgbg
Tom Harkin and Obama took out Graham-Ruddman-Hollings of 1985,1987, as amended.

G-R-H was the only ever reasonably successful attempt at curbing government excesses.

15 posted on 12/27/2022 12:07:16 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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Romney is a moron.


16 posted on 12/27/2022 12:07:25 PM PST by mulligan (an En bbnnEeThe to)
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Romney is a moron.


17 posted on 12/27/2022 12:07:25 PM PST by mulligan (an En bbnnEeThe to)
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To: mulligan

You can say that again.


18 posted on 12/27/2022 12:27:30 PM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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To: Jonny7797

No. It was ideological for him.


19 posted on 12/27/2022 12:27:37 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: mulligan

You can say that again.


20 posted on 12/27/2022 12:27:40 PM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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