Posted on 06/11/2016 1:33:35 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
Mitt Romney laid into the large and rambunctious group of 2016 Republican candidates here on Saturday, arguing that they deserved a share of blame for the rise of Donald Trump.
During a question-and-answer session with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer before around 250 Republican donors gathered here for the Romney-hosted Experts and Enthusiasts summit, the former Massachusetts governor said this year’s group of primary candidates misplayed their hand. By spending months attacking each other and ignoring Trump, he argued, they made a severe tactical error that allowed Trump — who Romney has criticized as a "con man" and a "fraud" — to escape unharmed.
“Their biggest failure was attacking each other and not the frontrunner,” Romney said. “Just politically, I thought that move was not right for them.”
Romney reserved particular scorn for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who Romney endorsed late in the primary process. The Texas senator, he pointed out, spent extensive time during the campaign praising Trump. He also said Ohio Gov. Kasich had divided the anti-Trump vote by remaining in the race long after it had become clear he didn’t have a realistic pathway to the nomination — a message he said had relayed personally to the Ohio governor. And Romney chided Right to Rise, the $100 million-plus Jeb Bush super PAC that spent heavily to tear down Bush rivals other than Trump.
“I thought it was an extremely large mistake on their part,” he said of Right to Rise.
Romney, though, credited Trump with waging a politically savvy primary campaign. “He played it extremely well,” he said, noting that the New York businessman had tapped into a deep vein of voter frustration. “It was a very effective strategy.”
As he has on previous occasions, Romney warned that a Trump presidency could have disastrous repercussions for the country.
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Perhaps Romney has early-onset.
Add McLame to that list please!!
Uhhh... Didn’t Milt lose in 2012 when the field was much smaller?
When is he going to learn to STFU?
I’m kind of glad these “elects” are clueless. Trump isn’t winning because the GOPe had the wrong strategy.
He’s winning because he believes and says what we the people believe and say when we talk among our family and friends.
He BELIEVES in America First.
It’s not a strategy. It’s telling the truth!
Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser.
Romney, you are intolerable. Go away. We don't care what you think. You are a loser.
I’m beginning to wonder if someone is paying Romney to bend over with his butt up.
The slovenly and aptly named Candy Crowley made a chump out of Mitt.
Only because Mitt let her.
“Our country needs to see winners,” Mr. Trump told the crowd. “We don’t see winners anymore. We have a bunch of clowns running this country. We have people who don’t know what the hell they’re doing running our country.”
Yup.
Mitt has a high opinion of himself to lecture people for not doing enough to win.
He should go look in the mirror. We now know Mitt is full of chutzpah.
The American people knew who he was and sent him packing.
Best decision they ever made.
I just pressed the “like” button.
Agree with everything you said...
What a piece of garbage Romney turned out to be...ditto for Ryan.
They never lost to an America-hating, Marxist Kenyan. I don’t think Mutt has any business complaining about them. He’s the real loser.
Tear down? Who the heck did Bush tear down? LOL that stupid pud blew 100 million.
He blew 150 million on a failed bid to win the nomination.
Trump spent 55 million to do it.
So who’s a winner?
Romney can rip his own ass for losing to Obama. That should have been much easier.
“I had some respect for Romney and Ryan in 2012 but that has been replaced by pure loathing for them both.”
So very true.
Just who in the He** does Mitt think he is? He’s nothing but a loser himself and chides the other candidates. You can’t make this stuff up.
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