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Romney assails Trump in New Year's op-ed: 'The president has not risen to the mantle of the office'
Washington Times ^ | January 1, 2019 | Victor Morton

Posted on 01/01/2019 5:43:05 PM PST by rdl6989

Days before he officially becomes a U.S. senator, Mitt Romney took to the Washington Post to fire a shot across President Trump’s bow, saying Mr. Trump had made a “deep descent” in December and is hurting the national character.

In an op-ed column published online Tuesday evening, Mr. Romney, now a Republican senator-elect for Utah, came down hardest on recent moves in foreign policy and Cabinet positions related to that.

“After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling. It did not. When he won the election, I hoped he would rise to the occasion. His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging. But, on balance, his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions this month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office,” he wrote.

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To: SamAdams76

The SOB was happy to get Trump’s money and endorsement in 2012.

He’s just bifter he lost and he’ll never be President.


61 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:15 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rdl6989

Sadly for Romney he couldn’t even achieve the mantel. So easy to be a sore loser. Even sadder when one confirms it.


62 posted on 01/01/2019 5:56:58 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: rdl6989

Evil, vile, leftist NWO hack. Couldn’t even wait til he’s officially sworn in, to run to the WaComPost yellow paper.

Thanks, UT.

NOT!


63 posted on 01/01/2019 5:57:07 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: rdl6989

Ah, RINOmney speaketh (from a script someone wrote for him).
Repubs, if you nominate this milquetoast male pretender, you can count my vote out.

Why bother?


64 posted on 01/01/2019 5:57:17 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: LostInBayport

He only ran in Utah because he could never get elected in Massachusetts.


65 posted on 01/01/2019 5:57:51 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: dowcaet

I have come to understand that the democrats want to hand us over to the UN tomorrow, while the GOP would prefer it happened in 10-20 years. That is the only difference between them.


66 posted on 01/01/2019 5:58:24 PM PST by LukeL
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To: rdl6989
Is this the same Mitt that folded like a cheap suit and gave the election to bathhouse barry? The same Mitt whose son said, after the election was lost, that his father never really wanted to be President? That Mitt? I can honestly say that when it comes to anything Mitt has to say:

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67 posted on 01/01/2019 5:58:44 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: jazusamo

I think Lindsey Graham truly likes Trump now, but it will be interesting to see how he deals with Romney.


68 posted on 01/01/2019 5:58:46 PM PST by ryderann
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To: rdl6989

F*&$ off, Romney.


69 posted on 01/01/2019 5:59:02 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: rdl6989

Says the dog on the roof of the car guy. .


70 posted on 01/01/2019 5:59:33 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: rdl6989
Romney is a national disgrace. How nervy of him to say such things about a truly successful president who is getting things done on behalf of the American people. The only working part of Romney seems to be his mouth and his jealousy. Shaddup, Willard.
71 posted on 01/01/2019 6:00:13 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: LukeL

True. The Democrats want immediate global governance of our country. The Republicants are willing to give us a transitional period before it happens. May both those rotten parties go down in flames.


72 posted on 01/01/2019 6:00:55 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: rdl6989

Picking up where Flake left off.


73 posted on 01/01/2019 6:00:57 PM PST by Husker24
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To: rdl6989

74 posted on 01/01/2019 6:01:22 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Mariner
Romney will challenge Trump in 2020.

The Piece Of Mitt would lose 50% of the base right off the bat. Don't the GOPee NeverTrumpers understand what's going on?

75 posted on 01/01/2019 6:01:31 PM PST by an amused spectator (Hillary For Prison)
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To: rdl6989

On cue, Mittens will be the GOP cheerleader judas to convict Trump in the Senate.

The older I get, the more I think that Romney and McCain were recruited to take dives for Obama.


76 posted on 01/01/2019 6:03:26 PM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: rdl6989

Mitt Romney will vote to impeach. Book it.


77 posted on 01/01/2019 6:04:09 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: rdl6989

If I had my doubts about Mormonism before, they’re dispelled now.


78 posted on 01/01/2019 6:04:26 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: LostInBayport

[Jeb! 2.0]


I doubt it. Mitt is far more formidable. He built a $300m fortune from nothing. And he was runner-up in 2008 and the nominee in 2012. Whereas Jeb failed to even place in 2016. Knock on wood - Trump will crush him in 2020. But Mitt will be a contender for the nomination in a way that few other 2020 GOP challengers will be.


79 posted on 01/01/2019 6:04:55 PM PST by Zhang Fei (They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
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To: Eddie01

Because he, like McCain, wanted to lose..he had NO desire to become President..Obama was dealing with Benghazi and a horrible economy and Romney STILL still couldn’t beat him..says a lot


80 posted on 01/01/2019 6:04:56 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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