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🤦🏻‍♀️Here’s Irrelevant #Romney on #Trump:

“I agree with him on a lot of policy fronts. I disagree with him on some things. But it’s like, OK, give him a chance to do what he said he’s gonna do and see how it works out.”

FFS, HOW DOES HE THINK IT WILL WORK OUT?!🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
cnn.com/2024/12/15/politics/ro

CNN · Romney stands by Trump criticism but says MAGA is now the Republican PartyBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn
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#Romney grew irritated. “Yeah, but I’ve got 25 grandkids!” he said, throwing up his hands. “How am I going to protect 25 grandkids, 2 great-grandkids? I’ve got 5 sons, 5 daughters-in-law—it’s like, we’re a big group.” This was clearly a problem to which he’d given serious thought, & realized there was no solution. In the wks after #Jan6, he’d spent thousands of dollars a day to protect his family from red-capped vigilantes.But how do you hide a family of 40 from a president hell-bent on revenge?

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What about his sons? I asked. Might they be targeted?

“I mean, hopefully they’ve all crossed their t’s and dotted their i’s,” #Romney replied, straining to sound casual. “But it’s hard for me to imagine that President #Trump would take the time to go out & see if [he] can find something on members of my family.”

“You might need to expand your imagination,” I suggested.

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But when I asked #Romney, in the spring, what a #Trump reelection would mean for him & his family, he was careful at first. “I don’t know the answer to that,” he said. If Trump tried to sic the #DOJ on him, Romney told me, “the good news is I haven’t had an affair with anybody; I don’t have any classified documents; I can’t imagine something I’ve done that would justify an investigation, let alone an indictment.”

#MittRomney Braces for #Trump’s Retribution

#Romney has good reason to fear Trump’s vengeance.

By McKay Coppins

Trump had repeatedly pledged to use the #DOJ & the #FBI to go after his political enemies if reelected.…Romney knew that he was likely to appear on any enemies list kept by the former president, & he’d privately mused to friends that it might be time for him & his wife, Ann, to consider moving abroad. (A spox for the senator told me he was not serious….)

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

The Atlantic · What Will Mitt Romney Do if Trump Wins?By McKay Coppins
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>200 #Republicans who previously worked for fmr Pres George W #Bush, the late Sen John #McCain, or Sen Mitt #Romney, endorsed VP #KamalaHarris for president in an open letter Mon obtained by USA TODAY.

The letter from alums of the 3 #Republican pres nominees prior to #Trump comes on the heels of a DNC last wk in Chicago that showcased Republican detractors of the #GOP nom. ≥5 fmr aides to fmr Pres George HW Bush also signed the letter, which has 238 signatures in all.

usatoday.com/story/news/politi

USA TODAY · More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris for president, criticize TrumpBy Joey Garrison

Hundreds of fmr #Bush, #McCain & #Romney staffers back #KamalaHarris

The more #Trump attacks #Harris as some kind of radical, the more mainstream #Republicans throw their support behind the #Democrat.

Late last week, the 2 major-party presidential nominees traded notable endorsements. On the one hand, Trump picked up support from independent conspiracy theorist #RFKJr, which didn’t seem to bother #Democrats at all.

#HarrisWalz2024
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m

MSNBC · Hundreds of former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers back HarrisBy Steve Benen

Where are you #Mattis, #Kelly, #Romney, et al? "IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR THESE PEOPLE to heed their better angels. Donald Trump must be stopped. It is incumbent upon everyone who sees this clearly—and who played a part in getting us here—to speak out and deal with the personal ramifications. Frankly, it’s the least we should expect of them."

thebulwark.com/p/republicans-w

The Bulwark · They Served With Trump and Saw the Crazy. They Should Endorse Harris.By Tim Miller

More than ♦️200 people who previously worked for President George W. #Bush and Senators Mitt #Romney and John #McCain
♦️have signed a letter endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.

Many of the more prominent signatories, including
a chief of staff,
a legislative director and
a deputy campaign manager for Mr. McCain,
had signed a letter 💥supporting President Biden in the 2020 election.

Others work for organizations like The Bulwark and the
Lincoln Project that 💥oppose Donald Trump’s leadership of the Republican Party.

But the former Republican officials’ renewed support of the Democratic ticket reflects how Mr. Trump has transformed the Republican Party under his leadership, as well as deep and persistent opposition to his candidacy from those who served Republican presidential candidates.

Mr. Romney, Mr. Bush and other high-profile Republicans skipped the Republican nominating convention last month
-- while the Harris campaign made significant efforts to highlight the support of anti-Trump Republicans
— as well as former members of Mr. Trump’s staff who no longer support him
— with speaking slots at the Democratic convention last week.

nytimes.com/2024/08/26/us/poli

The New York Times · Former Aides to Bush, Romney and McCain Back Harris Over TrumpBy Chris Cameron

Zumal ich schon in #Utah dem fairen Republikaner Mitt Romney gedankt & mich früh für eine Präsidentschaftskandidatur von Kamala Harris ausgesprochen habe. bekomme ich gerade wieder viel Hate aus dem Trump-Lager, sogar Drohungen eines Ex-AfD-MdL. "Seien Sie lieber vorsichtig, wenn Trump an die Macht kommt..!" - "Dann leiste ich erst Recht weiter Widerstand gegen fossile Ideologien, Danke." 😃 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 #Romney #Harris #Trump #USA #Deutschland Fossiler #Dualismus vs. #Solarpunk scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-

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@gtconway3
While I live in Utah and don’t always see eye to eye on the stuff that goes on here, #romney is a damn fine person.

I’m old enough to remember Orrin Hatch R-Utah and Ted Kennedy D-Mass actually reaching across the aisle during lunch get togethers to negotiate stuff.

Too bad it’s not like that anymore.

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@Tengrain
All 3 of the potential VP picks shown (Vance, Rubio, Burgum) have about as much a chance of being T****'s #VP as I do.

This is what #ToddlerTrump does. All 3 of these men attacked/criticized him. Now they are defending him & kissing his ass in public to his delight.

This is EXACTLY what he did to #MittRomney when he dangled the possibility of being his Sec or State, making #Romney grovel for a job T**** had NO intention of ever giving him.

He gets off on humiliating his critics.