Good for Cousin Mitt! Did Utah proud.
I am a member of the Utah Republican Party. In the 2018 election, however, I was so fed up with the R-vs-D obstructive team politics that I voted for a Senate candidate that was neither R nor D. Even though I had liked Mitt Romney previously (I supported him for President in 2012), in 2018 I was not convinced that he would be any different than all other R- and D-party elected officials who mindlessly fall in line with their leaders.
I was wrong. He proved to me today that he is a free thinker with moral courage. It used to be okay to disagree--even with one's political party--and still be respected as a free-thinking person acting in good faith. But in today's highly polarized environment he will likely be condemned, ostracized, and treated with contempt by fellow Republicans. He knows this. He also knows his single vote will end up being inconsequential in the overall group result. Yet he still broke ranks to vote his conscience. Although I did not vote for him to be my Senator, today I absolutely respect and admire Mitt Romney. In my view, he is part of the solution.
Isn't this a pointless exercise if everyone's just gonna be toeing the party lines?
Well, it failed you on that last post. Don't worry about that though, it happens to everyone sometimes.
Yes. And we pretty much all knew this all along. Still have to try to at least let the president know that he isn't God so at least there's that. Kind of lolIsn't this a pointless exercise if everyone's just gonna be toeing the party lines?
Haha.. seems to me this result is saying he IS God.. knowing full well what he did was wrong but still able to get away with it!!Yes. And we pretty much all knew this all along. Still have to try to at least let the president know that he isn't God so at least there's that. Kind of lol
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Man I love what Mitt Romney has had to say about all this.
I liked this from him: “The idea that Congress would have to anticipate all of the offensive things a president could possibly do, and then make them a statute?” Romney posed a hypothetical: What if the president decided to pardon every Republican in prison nationwide, while leaving every Democrat locked up? “There’s no law against that!” he said. “So it’s not a crime or misdemeanor. But it’s obviously absurd.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/romney-impeach-trump/606127/
Great article about Mitt Romney standing up for what's right and standing up for the Constitution and America.
Wish more people had the guts to do so. Bunch of cowards afraid to upset their party and their voters.
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Out of curiousity, what do you think his motive was?Lol @ people duped into thinking Mitt crossed party lines out of honor and dignity or whatever. You're been duped again.
Out of curiousity, what do you think his motive was?
Which political establishment? His party's establishment is wholly owned by Trump.Show loyalty to the political establishment and keep hope alive of running for President in 2024.