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Romney says Oprah Winfrey suggested a unity presidential ticket in 2020
The Hill ^
| 10/16/2023
| FILIP TIMOTIJA
Posted on 10/16/2023 9:27:32 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Oprah Winfrey reportedly suggested running for president alongside Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on a unity ticket in 2020 to thwart former President Trump’s reelection hopes.
Romney disclosed to The Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins that the media mogul pitched the unity ticket with the moderate senator “to save the country,” according to book excerpts published by Axios.
Coppins’s book “Romney: A Reckoning” comes out next week.
Romney said he deflected the idea, pointing to his belief that such a push would benefit Trump’s reelection chances.
A source familiar with Winfrey said she was never serious about running, though some confidants supported the effort.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020election; oprah; rinosaretraitors; rinosedition; romney; romneycrimefamily; romneyoprah; ticket; winfrey
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To: gundog
I guess they’d clench the black Mormon vote.
I'm pretty sure Burgess Owens is voting Trump.
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posted on
10/16/2023 9:46:49 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: ChicagoConservative27
OPRAH——YOU GET A CAR——etc.
NEVER WOULD VOTE FOR HER
To: Dr. Sivana
Yeah...it’s one for the “what the hell are they thinking” file. But Oprah’s more about the feels, than thinking.
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posted on
10/16/2023 9:49:58 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: ChicagoConservative27
Didn’t Orca just piss off most Americans with her phony fund raising antics in Maui?
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posted on
10/16/2023 9:55:57 AM PDT
by
albie
To: cableguymn
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posted on
10/16/2023 9:57:03 AM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Well....
Black and female....that qualifies Oprah for everything.
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posted on
10/16/2023 9:58:01 AM PDT
by
blam
To: ChicagoConservative27
So, they threaten to fry you if you don’t support and vote for them?
Comment #28 Removed by Moderator
To: ChicagoConservative27
TWO 10th rate intellects don’t make one viable individual. Their respective IQ’s (SQUARED) wouldn’t make minus zero
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:08:54 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
To: ChicagoConservative27
The left is doing whatever they can to siphon off Trump votes. Too many Rinos one will take the bait.
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:13:56 AM PDT
by
pas
To: ChicagoConservative27
He and Orca make a cute couple.
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:15:13 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Other than Trump every candidate has been a unity candidate, that’s the problem. They are all on the same team, just pretending to be in opposition to make it look like there is a choice. This really means ‘let’s not split the uniparty ticket with our little two-parties con this time, just just pick one of us and let them take down Trump’
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:18:03 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
To: gundog
A dem on that ticket would coexist with the republican as well as islam coexists with anything or anyone non-islam.
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:23:25 AM PDT
by
DPMD
(ua)
To: ChicagoConservative27
The idea is a non-starter. Romney did not want to be president, so he took a dive in 2012. He would most certainly not want to be vice president.
To: ChicagoConservative27
I’m 74 years old and the most important thing I’ve learned is that there is no such thing as “unity” in this world. Somebody is always going to get screwed by their “friends”.
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:39:35 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(So, when are all these damn "refugees" scheduled to go the hell home? Asking for a friend.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
A source familiar with Winfrey said she was never serious about running,So this story is made up.
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:41:51 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: ChicagoConservative27
It's hard for the younger generations to understand, but I would rather have as President the guy who served as a capable on-budget administrator for the Topeka Water District than some celebrity whose daily bills were paid by some aide ten levels down who was never allowed to speak to the boss. :)
A President is the Commander in Chief and the Chief Administrator of the United States - not the National Talk Show Host. That's why governors are much better at the job than legislators - and Obama's core competency was NCAA Tournament brackets.
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posted on
10/16/2023 10:54:20 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: ChicagoConservative27
Triple phooey to Oprah, Romney, and “The Atlantic”!!!!
I think that I have covered all the bases!
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posted on
10/16/2023 11:01:33 AM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Oprah Winfrey reportedly suggested running for president alongside Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on a unity ticket in 2020 to thwart former President Trump’s reelection hopes.LOL! Seriously though, Oprah would have received significant support.
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posted on
10/16/2023 11:03:03 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Orca "suggested" that old white people all need to be disposed of.
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posted on
10/16/2023 11:14:23 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Sun Tzu: An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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