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Trump campaign manager hits back at Romney over op-ed slamming president's character
The Hill ^ | 01/01/19 | Morgan Gstalter

Posted on 01/01/2019 7:37:54 PM PST by yesthatjallen

President Trump’s 2020 campaign manager on Tuesday fired back after Sen.-elect Mitt Romney (R-Utah) wrote a searing op-ed criticizing the president's character.

In a tweet, Trump's 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale invoked Romney’s failed 2012 presidential bid, accusing the incoming senator of lacking the ability "to save this nation."

“The truth is @MittRomney lacked the ability to save this nation. @realDonaldTrump has saved it,” Parscale wrote on Twitter. “Jealously is a drink best served warm and Romney just proved it. So sad, I wish everyone had the courage @realDonaldTrump had.”

Parscale’s reaction came shortly after Romney penned a Washington Post op-ed slamming Trump’s character and his time in office.

"With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is indispensable. And it is in this province where the incumbent’s shortfall has been most glaring," Romney wrote.

Romney, who was the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, spoke out against Trump during the 2016 election.

“It is well known that Donald Trump was not my choice for the Republican presidential nomination,” Romney wrote. “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.”

After two years in office, Romney wrote that Trump had not “risen to the mantle of the office.”

Romney’s remarks came two days before he will be sworn into Senate on Thursday.

“I do not intend to comment on every tweet or fault,” he wrote. “But I will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.”


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To: Windflier

Romney got rich through vulture capitalism. Bought companies and fired long time employees


81 posted on 01/01/2019 10:13:44 PM PST by rintintin
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To: Dick Bachert

A lot of Freepers defended Mitt against Romney. They were wrong. We’re fortunate that Obama beat him, Mitt would have been worse. Just another term of Bush-Cheney-McCainism


82 posted on 01/01/2019 10:15:45 PM PST by rintintin
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To: yesthatjallen

Frustrating that people as conservative as the people in Utah voted in a self serving establishment lackey like Romney who has done nothing but disrespect Trump and the choice of Trump for years now.

Utah conservatives Trump supporters should be assigned the specific task of straightening out Romney and ultimately replacing him with someone with moreof a backbone who is less status quo.


83 posted on 01/01/2019 10:17:10 PM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: yesthatjallen

The flip flopped proves yet again he is a rat from the swamp


84 posted on 01/01/2019 10:20:40 PM PST by Nifster (II see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: yesthatjallen
Romney will be the same as McCain, Graham, Sasse, Flake, and Corker. He will probably never have to worry about losing his seat in Utah. Mormons might be more conservative overall, but the Mormon church supports open borders, and they control the Utah GOP. Romney will never have to worry about a real challenge unless he breaks with the church on other issues.

Flake and Corker had the choice to either retire or lose. Sasse hasn't decided if he will run for reelection in 2020, which means he knows he can't win unless something changes. That's a primary we should have no problem winning as long as there's a decent challenger that Trump endorses.

Lindsey Graham needs to go in 2020 as well, but I'm worried his strategy will be effective. He's no better than the others. He doesn't support the MAGA agenda, but he's smart enough to know he needs to create an image that he's one of Trump biggest allies on most issues, when in reality he's not an ally on the issues Trump campaigned on. A lot of people talk about Trump keeping his friends close, and his enemies even closer, but from everything we've seen, it appears to be the establishment that's using that strategy against Trump instead. Guys like Lindsey Graham will be in for a serious challenge if they have to face a Trump backed challenger, but it seems more likely that Graham will be able to play Trump into staying on the sidelines, or even endorsing him. I think Trump would likely come to regret it.

This is one of Trumps biggest weaknesses. He's a smart man, but he doesn't have the decades of experience in manipulation like theses career politicians in the establishment. All they do is lie and manipulate voters while working against them. Trump understands that, but he can be fooled just like we all can. It's hard to trust a lot of republicans, because most of what we have to go own is based primarily on talk, and little in terms of results. Some are sincere, but have limited power, while others just use that narrative as an excuse for failing in a fight they never planned on winning. Graham is not one of those who's real motives are unknown. He's a solid anti-MAGA RINO, and Trump shouldn't fall for his tricks. TRUMP 2020!!! MAGA!!!

85 posted on 01/01/2019 10:28:50 PM PST by LeeClementineKenny (REPLACE THE ESTABLISHMENT WITH TRUE MAGA PATRIOTS! - TRUMP 2020!! - MAGA!!! - www.DonaldJTrump.com)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

Utah mormons slid Romney in.....they think he’s the ‘appointed’ one to change the world. That’s why he keeps running for offices and mormons keep supporting him.


86 posted on 01/01/2019 10:31:43 PM PST by caww
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To: yesthatjallen

87 posted on 01/01/2019 10:40:36 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me htt7ps://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: yesthatjallen
Welcome to the Rockin Mitt Romney New Years disco party.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH-QwK4v0ZI

Burn Mitt burn. Romney Inferno.


Rubio in attendance.

88 posted on 01/01/2019 10:47:42 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Dogbert41

He’s As Bad As Hillary = ABAH.


89 posted on 01/01/2019 11:09:41 PM PST by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: 4Liberty

wrote an op-ed for WaPo. how fitting.


90 posted on 01/01/2019 11:18:13 PM PST by MAGAthon
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To: yesthatjallen

Somewhere out there are Republican pollsters that make their money telling these losers they have a chance. It really is stupidity, in fact they are so stupid they don’t even know it.


91 posted on 01/01/2019 11:20:51 PM PST by databoss
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To: Sans-Culotte

I MEAN..WHO LOSES TO A PRES WITH 9% UNEMPLOYMENT..A 40% APPROVAL RATING...OBAMAS NUMBERS WERE WORSE THAN CARTERS. Romney was worse than McCain..


92 posted on 01/01/2019 11:24:35 PM PST by basalt
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To: yesthatjallen

Gold
https://youtu.be/EjNXwSeLuTU


93 posted on 01/01/2019 11:35:54 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: yesthatjallen

The more our POTUS curb-stomps liberal idiots, the more I love him.


94 posted on 01/01/2019 11:36:32 PM PST by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: yesthatjallen

95 posted on 01/01/2019 11:40:54 PM PST by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: yesthatjallen

If Romney loved our country, and desired to defend our liberty, he would be out there going to battle to support Trump’s efforts and policy, to keep America from being forceably subjugated to a new sovereign global socialist government!

This is clearly not the case.


96 posted on 01/01/2019 11:46:57 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: Jim Robinson

Which kind?


97 posted on 01/01/2019 11:49:56 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

He definitely has the mormon god complex.


98 posted on 01/01/2019 11:55:34 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: yesthatjallen
Romney-Loser
99 posted on 01/02/2019 12:30:23 AM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: yesthatjallen

Out with McCain, Flake, and Corker. But never fear the biggest loser of them all with knee pads attached has arrived.

Thanks a bunch Utah!


100 posted on 01/02/2019 12:54:36 AM PST by ImpBill (Conservative little "l" libertarian)
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