Posted on 07/19/2018 6:17:49 PM PDT by libh8er
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tore into President Trump on Monday after Trump challenged the intelligence community's assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, calling Trump's behavior "disgraceful and detrimental to our democratic principles."
Romney's comments came hours after Trump held a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, in which he questioned whether Russia was behind efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.
"President Trump's decision to side with Putin over American intelligence agencies is disgraceful and detrimental to our democratic principles," Romney, who is running for Senate in Utah, said in a statement posted on Twitter.
"Russia remains our number one geopolitical adversary; claiming a moral equivalence between the United States and Russia not only defies reason and history, it undermines our national integrity and impairs our global credibility."
Romney's statement was one of several GOP rebukes of Trump's performance at the press conference. Romney had taken a noticeably softer approach to the president in recent months after being fiercely critical during the real estate mogul's 2016 presidential bid.
Trump has offered Romney his endorsement in his bid to replace the retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
Trump's comments on Monday, however, drew criticism from across the political spectrum, with both Republicans and Democrats criticizing him for failing to say whether Russia interfered in the election and casting doubt on his own intelligence community, while standing next to Putin.
What the Hell is wrong with this @ssclown?
Does a Mormon bathroom have more douchebags than wives? Cause I am counting one extra here?
Does a Mormon bathroom have more douchebags than wives? Cause I am counting one extra here?
Not a peep about Obama make secret promises to Putin, nary a peep. Left=OK, Right-NEVER OK
Name one time this sanctimonious pos was ever loyal to our President
Just one
So Bishop Romney wants a Cold War or a policy of playing chicken with Russia up to war?
Noted
Shut up, Romney you putz.
I hate it when guys like Jeb or Mitt lie in wait like perched vultures waiting for their prey and it is always Trump.
He’s too fast, he’s too slow
goes too high, goes too low.
Never just right for the RINOS.
Fooey.
We all knew Mittens was a treacherous b@stard,most of us pinched our noses when we voted for him (because he wasn’t Obama).
When Juan McCain finally dies, Mittens will step right into Juan’s toxic traitor shoes and will never shut the hell up. It’s absolutely vomit-inducing.
Phuck you Mittens! ESAD!
What the hell is he even talking about.
He is an @ssclown. That is what is wrong with him. 😁🤣
Romney the sore loser.
And yet he failed to find fault with Obama's despicable summit with Raul Castro in 2016. What a loser.
My polite response to this pathetic twit would be “You might want to start with STFU and work from there, Mittens.”
His hottie wife deserves so much better than him.
Putz.
They ought to kick this loser out of the Republican Party. No Utah Republican should vote for this Democrat in sheep’s clothing.
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