Mitt Romney earned some respect in my eyes.
The man was the worst of the worst in business, he pretty much popularized Vulture Capitalism with Bain Capital.
And while he was a GOP politician expressing plenty of political positions I don’t agree with, setup social healthcare in his state, was the only one to vote to Impeach Trump and before J6, he messaged Mitch McConnel telling him he was concerned with what he heard the far right element was planning for J6 on social media and hoped that Mitch was doing something about it, BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED TRUMP WOULDN’T AND WOULD INSTEAD SPUR THEM ON.
While his politics weren’t my thing, he did do his best to stand on the side of good and decent, in a party where those are entirely alien concepts.
There…see? Republicans can be smart when they really want to be.
Much more thorough article from WaPo (gift link)
I think the important takeaway here is that he’s not the person to fight the MAGA-wing, but he wants to fight it.
Good to hear he’s discouraging Manchin’s “No Labels” run, but we’ll see if anyone can change Manchin’s mind
Good for him ig
In other words: I’m too tired to keep fighting the MAGA extremists. Someone else needs to step up.
Unfortunately for our country, I’m not sure such a person with credibility on the right still exists.
And also unfortunately for our country, the MAGA extremists don’t get tired. They relish the chaos and destruction.
By not running again Mitt has made another seat available for another MAGA extremist.
If there are no reasonable Republican candidates, or if the reasonable candidates are disliked by the constituents, then this is just what the GOP is now. This is their new face, or their old face with the mask off, or whatever. I wish there was a spot somewhere in-between the two extremes for ordinary people, but this is what the failed system has produced.
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Much like a flushed turd, his departure will be celebrated
Let’s please try to keep the comments constructive.
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Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not run for reelection to the Senate and called for a “new generation of leaders” as he criticized both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
In a video message, Romney outlined a range of what he described as critical issues, including rising national debt and the climate crisis, and said “neither President Biden nor former President Trump are leading their party to confront those issues.”
Romney has long been a rare member of the Republican party who has been an outspoken critic of Trump.
At a time when the age of prominent politicians on both sides of the aisle has come under increasing scrutiny, Romney also emphasized the need for a new generation of leadership.
“While I’m not running for re-election, I’m not retiring from the fight,” Romney said, after criticizing both President Biden and former President Trump for failing to provide solutions to issues like the national debt and global warming.
“I’ll be your United States Senator until January of 2025.”
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He was my governor in Massachusetts for the first modern GOP moral panic, so I won’t claim to be his number one fan but I appreciated his principled stances in recent years.
Utah could be gettable for the Dems with the right candidate.
I don’t agree with most of his positions but I can almost guarantee whoever takes his seat is going to be far worse
