Mitt Romney calls Trump's IG firings 'a threat to accountable democracy'

CNN Fake News ^ | 16 May 2020 | Kelly Mena

[Magnatron]

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump's firings of internal government oversight officials, calling it a "threat to accountable democracy."

Romney's comments came in response to Trump's Friday firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick -- the latest in a series of dismissals of independent government watchdogs that have come in the wake of the President's acquittal on two articles of impeachment earlier this year.

"The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing so without good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power," the Utah Republican tweeted. Romney is the only Senate Republican who voted to convict Trump of abuse of power earlier this year.

Linick's dismissal drew immediate condemnation from top Democrats who accused the President of engaging in a pattern of retaliation against public servants charged with oversight of his administration.

[Elsie]

... he can always rely upon the eventual GODHOOD that his chosen religion has dangled in front of him.

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AFTERLIFE: The Mormon afterlife is divided up into four levels. From the lowest to the highest they are: hell, and then three levels of heaven: the telestial, the terrestrial, and the place where God dwells, the celestial (also called the kingdom of God). The celestial is also divided, the highest level being "exaltation," or becoming a God.

CELESTIAL KINGDOM: See Heaven.

EXALTATION: This is becoming a God in the highest level of the celestial kingdom.

ETERNAL PROGRESSION: The teaching that each of us has the potential to become a God just like God the Father did. He was once a man capable of physical death, was resurrected and progressed to become a God. We can take a similar path and get all the power, glory, dominion, and knowledge the Father and Jesus Christ has. We then will be able to procreate spirit children who will worship us as we do God the Father.

GOD: Usually means God the Father. He was once a man like us capable of physical death and he progressed until he became a God. He has a body of flesh and bones, but no blood. Within Mormonism, Gods, angels, people and devils all have the same nature or substance but are at different stages along the line of progression to Godhood.

GRACE: The Mormon concept of grace means making oneself worthy of the grace of God by doing good works in the church, temple, and community.

HEAVEN: The Mormon church teaches there are three levels of heaven (three "degrees of glory"):

• Telestial - where unbelievers go.
• Terrestrial - for religious people who aren't Mormons and for Mormons who have not met the requirements of the Church.
• Celestial - for Mormons who have kept ALL of the laws and ordinances of their church. What will the celestial heaven (kingdom) supposedly be like for a good Mormon? He will be a god, he will rule over a planet with his wives and spirit children.

HELL: A place of torment from which the worst of sinners are resurrected (if they repent) into the Telestial kingdom; only a limited number remain in hell forever, - the devil and the demons and apostates who consciously reject and work against Mormonism.

SALVATION: A word that Mormons qualify in one of three ways: unconditional  or general salvation is simply resurrection from the dead, granted to all through Christ's atonement; conditional or individual salvation involves entering the celestial kingdom through works of Mormonism; full salvation means exaltation to become a God as a result of temple ceremonies and other works. The word 'salvation' can have a two-fold meaning: a) forgiveness of sins and b) universal resurrection:

• "There will be a General Salvation for all in the sense in which that term is generally used, but salvation, meaning resurrection, is not exaltation" (Stephen L. Richards, Contributions of Joseph Smith, LDS tract, p.5).
• "All men are saved by grace alone without any act on their part, meaning they are resurrected" (Bruce McConkie, What Mormons Think of Christ", LDS tract, p.28).

The Mormons have several different levels of "salvation".

• General salvation- in Mormon theology, the death of Christ ransoms men from the effects of the fall (Mormon Doctrine, p.62), except for a few sons of perdition who fell with Lucifer. Thus, all mankind will eventually receive general salvation because all men will be resurrected.
• Individual salvation - to obtain individual salvation, the standards set forth by the Mormon church must be met. This comes by grace plus baptism plus works.
• Exaltation - different degrees of exaltation
• Eternal life on the other hand is reserved for the elite few who qualify and are found worthy of this "honor" or "reward" and who will move on to be "exalted." This salvation is in fact the personal "exaltation" or the fast track of the "eternal progression" process in attaining your own self-made status of godhood in order to people your own planet.

[ontap]

I can't believe the people of Utah did this to us!!!!

[lgjhn23]

Mittens is a legend in his own mind.

[Morpheus2009]

Well, same reason as John McCain is my best guess...

[Eleutheria5]

To presume to tell the Executive Branch how to do its job, of course. The Groucho Marx school of statecraft.

[EVO X]

Thanks. I tried it with Duck Duck Go and expect I got similar results..

[Maris Crane]

I see CNN put their TOP reporter on this important, essential story.

GAG!!

[teppe]

Elsie,

I hope you have a marvelous Sunday today in the worship of our Heavenly Father through the example and salvation of his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

[SunkenCiv]

Mitt, the textbook case of cranial-rectal inversion, is unfit for office and should be removed.

• Trump's emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts [barf alert]
• Grassley demands Trump answer for firing State Department watchdog who 'failed' in Steele dossier inquiry
• Heads Exploding in Washington as Trump Fires State Department IG
• Democrats Launch Investigation Into Firing of State Department Inspector General......
• Democrats launch investigation into 'unprecedented' firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
• Congressional Democrats launch investigation into Trump's firing of State Department IG
• Trump fires State Department watchdog
• Trump tells McConnell 'time is running out' for him to hold Russia 'hoaxers' accountable
• Trump: Don't let them get away with this!

[klsparrow]

Taking up for Steve Linick? You have no problem with the way he handled the whistleblower complaint? changing the dates and from 1st hand to 2nd hand info is OK. Yet you think this crook should stay on the job for setting up the impeachment?. Grassley also supports Linick.

[Candor7]

Romney is going DOWN!

[ridesthemiles]

Does Mittens believe that Obama had ‘accountable democracy”????

[Gay State Conservative]

Ten bucks says that the President's approval numbers in Utah are higher...MUCH higher...than this punk's numbers.

[Gay State Conservative]

No way in hell he’d get the Rat Party nomination. OTOH it’s distinctly possible that he’d go Third Party to steal votes from the President.Just think Ross Perot...the Rat Party nominee winning with 40% of the vote.

[dfwgator]

I speculated that Bloomberg and Romney could team up.

[ducttape45]

Mitt, please, just go away................

[PA-RIVER]

I can’t believe I campaigned for this A-Hole.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I almost wish I could revoke my vote for him.
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Almost?

[fortes fortuna juvat]

He’s just a jealous, bitter, petty loser. He’s a Globalist RINO. A McCain without the “War Hero” label.
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Well and truly said, and every word of it!

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Linick’s dismissal drew immediate condemnation from top Democrats
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I would have been gobsmacked if they hadn’t done so. After all, instead of being a watchdog to ensure that the State Department was operating in compliance with its mandate, he was providing cover for the machinations of the cabal of Deep Staters at Foggy Bottom. A real skunk, but now nothing more than roadkill. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT!