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Kellyanne Conway skeptical of Mitt Romney
NY Post ^ | 11/24/2016 | Carl Campanile

Posted on 11/25/2016 12:50:43 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Kellyanne Conway, President-elect Trump’s campaign manager, is publicly discouraging her boss from naming Mitt Romney as secretary of state.

Conway, a top transition adviser to Trump, tweeted Thursday that she’s receiving a “deluge” of comments about Romney — and then linked to a Politico story about Trump loyalists opposing the former Massachusetts governor’s nomination.

“Receiving deluge of social media & private comms re: Romney Some Trump loyalists warn against Romney as sec of state,” Conway tweeted.

In a follow-up tweet, she suggested that loyalty was an important criteria for the top diplomatic post.

“Kissinger & Schultz as Secs of State flew around the world less, counseled POTUS close to home more. And were loyal. Good checklist,” she said.

Conway’s public skepticism demonstatres the internal tug of war over the secretary of state’s slot. .

A Trump insider said Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and Reince Priibus, the Republican National Committee chairman tapped to become the White House chief of staff, are pushing Romney.

But Trump senior counselor and strategist Stephen Bannon and Conway oppose Romney, a source familiar with the discussions said.

The other leading candidate is former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

During the campaign, Romney was an outspoken critic of Trump, describing him as a “con artist” who was temperamentally unfit to be president.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aflac; romney2016; romney2decide; romney4soros; romneycare; romneymarriage; trumpcabinet; trumptransition
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To: McGruff

To me he is like a leaf blowing in the wind. Not a bad man, but just one that has a firm foundation so don’t want a loser in a vital position.


41 posted on 11/25/2016 2:42:47 PM PST by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

While I accept the accounts from others that Romney is a genuinely decent man, AFAIK, he never has defended liberty and the free market anywhere as much as he needs to in order to rollback the progressive wave.

His “RomneyCare” is a socialistic plan. That alone in my mind disqualifies him from any role in a (R) administration. It is not a matter that I have a long memory and still want to punish him. It is not a matter of punishment. It is a matter that anyone who understands the essential role of the free market should know how much liberty and prosperity that RomneyCare and ObamaCare will destroy.


42 posted on 11/25/2016 2:47:04 PM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: SE Mom

I think they believe they need someone with more international name recognition.


43 posted on 11/25/2016 2:47:55 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: markomalley

Trump is a smart man. I trust him to know what he’s doing, even if it’s something I may not understand or agree with.


44 posted on 11/25/2016 3:12:40 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Kushner is a huge New York liberal who fund-raised for same-sex marriage with Ivanka and Cory Booker. Terrible guy to have influencing Trump.


45 posted on 11/25/2016 3:19:08 PM PST by JediJones (We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Good. Trump needs a better choice for Sec State. Romney is an interventionist big government liberal and needs to go away.


46 posted on 11/25/2016 3:29:27 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

More than any other single person, Kellyanne put Trump in the White House.

She has the best instincts.

He should listen to her.


47 posted on 11/25/2016 3:50:45 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: JediJones
Kushner is a huge New York liberal who fund-raised for same-sex marriage with Ivanka and Cory Booker. Terrible guy to have influencing Trump.

And he is a life-long democrat from a family of life-long democrats.


48 posted on 11/25/2016 4:00:14 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Capt. Tom
Good advice Captain! Keep Romney, that slick talking dude away from any position in the administration. Looking back on 2012, he was a throw-away candidate and performed only so-so as such. He wouldn't have won against Hilliary this year if he was elected in 2012.

Surround yourself with winners President-elect Trump. You know that is the winning formula. NO ROMNEY!

49 posted on 11/25/2016 4:06:53 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

And I’m skeptical of KellyAnne a bit

So Romney must really suck


50 posted on 11/25/2016 4:08:22 PM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: LS

I think it’s possibly useful but not necessary. I understand their reasoning though.

At the same time, KT has spent plenty of time in the field of foreign affairs and knows how “the international community “ works. She is no stranger to global shenanigans.

I think she’d represent us and the president and OUR interests.I fear Mitt would represent Mitt. And Ryan, etc. There will be enough challenges for this administration without creating one.

For the life of me I can’t understand why he would choose Mitt.


51 posted on 11/25/2016 4:23:34 PM PST by SE Mom (proud Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: JediJones

Freepers are often so stupid and into cult of personality

Remember Rove you magnificent bastard and the Bush worship meanwhile we all saw issues building

Same thing all over again

These are the good guys on Trumps team per culture war conservative I know close to team

The Grownups:

Steve Bannon

Newt

Laura Ingraham

Rudi....yes Rudi..the one who caused the wideawakes walkout here in 07

Sean and Huckabee ....yes

The boys...less lib than sis but daddy adores sis

The moderate side

Ivanka....she’s a lib y’all sorry to say.....gorgeous yes

Her husband whose family is a case study in lib treachery

KellyAnne hangs her jersey in the Ivanka locker room sad to say

Hope Hicks

Spicer I’m not sure about

It’s a battle between the olive branch bring everyone together folks and the fuggedaboutit use your power while you have it groups

I’d ride with Bannon in a heartbeat

These women have his ear though....when do women not moderate?

Laura Ingraham God love her


52 posted on 11/25/2016 4:36:10 PM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: 867V309

I think this whole mitt thing was rope-a-dope from the beginning.””

Same here & I hope I am correct.

I nominate Romney for Ambassador to Mongolia.


53 posted on 11/25/2016 5:19:58 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: 867V309

I think this whole mitt thing was rope-a-dope from the beginning.””

Same here & I hope I am correct.

I nominate Romney for Ambassador to Mongolia.


54 posted on 11/25/2016 5:24:37 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Enchante

Indeed.

Like I’d said earlier - he may have been meeting up just to let him know that game time is over.

I wouldn’t Trust Mitt as far as I could chuck him.


55 posted on 11/25/2016 7:43:03 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: wardaddy

Good summary except I just don’t sense Kellyanne is on the lib side of the equation. She’s been a culture war conservative since the ‘90s. And it doesn’t take much reading between the lines to see she’s opposed to the Romney nomination. Also, she backed Cruz before switching to Trump. A RINO/establishment type wouldn’t align with Cruz. She also backed Newt in the 2012 primary.


56 posted on 11/25/2016 10:41:29 PM PST by JediJones (We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
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To: Resettozero

Dog toy for the LSM ...


57 posted on 11/25/2016 11:11:17 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Schmuckie Shoomer)
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To: JediJones

The good thing about politics is we’ll find out

I see her tweeting against Romney as good news and a sign of a fracture in whatever support he had

Rudi

Rudi maybe the middle of the road on hot issues like abortion but he’s loyal to the bone and would be great SOS

Romney needs to leave public life


58 posted on 11/26/2016 1:37:30 AM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: wardaddy
It will be the height of irony if Cory Booker ends up running against Trump in 2020, considering Ivanka and hubby raised money to help get him in the Senate.

[Ivanka] and her husband, Jared Kushner, had bundled $41,000 for Booker’s Senate campaign as of May.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/ivanka-trump-fundraiser-cory-booker-094288


59 posted on 11/26/2016 2:13:01 AM PST by JediJones (We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
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To: JediJones

Ugh

What a waste of beauty on a Pollyanna brain


60 posted on 11/26/2016 2:32:49 AM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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