Schlapp: Romney Wouldn't Be "Physically Safe" At CPAC

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February 9, 2020



“We won’t credential him as a conservative. I suppose if he wants to come as a non-conservative and debate an issue with us, maybe in the future we would have him come. This year, I’d actually be afraid for his physical safety, people are so mad at him.

“The biggest problem we have with Mitt Romney is not that he’s just an individual following his political course. It’s the fact that he’s lied so continuously to conservatives.

“When he needed a conservative like Donald Trump to endorse him in his Senate primary, he wanted in. But then, when he gets the Senate job, he wants to distance himself from Trump. He’s a use ’em and lose ’em kind of guy.

“He said he would going to be an ‘extreme conservative’ – that he was the most conservative guy in the world he came to CPAC. After 2012, he didn’t want to have anything to do with us.” – CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp, on Greta Van Susteren’s Full Court Press.



https://www.joemygod.com/2020/02/schlapp-romney-wouldnt-be-physically-safe-at-cpac/

[jaysunb]

1. Wow !! Talk about bullshit. Wow n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Someone threatening a US Senator, eh? Nice, eh, just really nice. NT

[democrank]

3. I'd say this was anewlow for Matt Schlapp, but

low is where he always is.

[malaise]

4. I'd love to shlapp that shit

senseless

[Tanuki]

5. Romney hasn't bothered to attend CPAC since 2013, so Schlapp's chest banging

and bellowed threats are meaningless. It is highly unlikely Romney would have been interested in attending in the first place.

https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-overlooks-romneys-history-with-cpac-in-hyping-formal-disinvitation/

..."The media highlighted CPAC’s disinvitation of Romney without providing context on whether the formal disinvitation was truly newsworthy. For example, one headline from CNN read, “Organizer of conservative conference won’t invite Mitt Romney after impeachment trial vote.” Romney’s stance on Trump is nothing new, as he has a history of criticizing the president on multiple occasions.

Despite the media’s coverage of the formal disinvitation, Romney has not attended nor spoken at CPAC since 2013. He spoke at the event in 2012, when he was running for president as the GOP nominee, and also in 2013 after he lost the 2012 presidential election. Romney did not return to the conference since then, but none of this information made it into the mainstream media’s coverage. Of all the mainstream outlets, only The Hill reported about Romney’s past CPAC appearances.

Romney, a U.S. Senator from Utah and the former 2012 GOP presidential nominee, has been a consistent critical voice of the president, such as voting to allow more witnesses to testify during the Senate impeachment trial last week. The senator also criticized Trump’s rhetoric in the 2016 election cycle and spoke at a University of Utah event about Trump’s allegedly divisive rhetoric. In his speech, he called Trump “[a] con man, a fake.”
.......

Considering Romney’s public criticism of Trump, it was unlikely Romney would have attended this year’s meeting in the first place."

[Me.]

6. So, Your Gang Of Thugs Would Do What?

[Blue Owl]

7. Mitt-Schlapped by Matt

n/t

[hibbing]

8. Besides the racism and tax cuts for the ruling class, just what is American "conservatism" today?

[Thomas Hurt]

33. It has evolved into christofascism.

[ck4829]

9. So I guess that would make CPAC an "ORGANIZATION OF TERROR" then, yes?

[badhair77]

10. Romney wouldn't be safe there? That says more about CPAC attendees than

about Romney.

[milestogo]

11. Nothing like pointing out that the group is nothing more than a bunch of thugs.

[roamer65]

12. Threatening a US senator is a crime.

[demtenjeep]

13. how the fuck do they get away with being this way and outright admitting it on national TV

and NO ONE calls them on their shit.


We don't have a media we have profit eyes

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. CPAC: Crazy People Advocating Crimes.

Sad.

[Grasswire2]

15. Matt's wife Mercedes works in the WH. nt

[scarletlib]

16. These people are pitiful.

What bleak, miserable lives they must lead.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

17. If I Were Mitt, I Wouldn't Be At All Worried

Seriously, when I see Republicans, ALL I see are a bunch of guys who either were bullies or were the ones who GOT bullied when they were young.

The vast majority of Republicans, the worst thing they could do to him would be to give him a vicious poke to the shins with their canes.

[kskiska]

18. Don't make the mistake of thinking it can't happen here.

[Hekate]

19. The GOP is now nothing but a bunch of thugs

Just disgusting.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. Nothing makes my day better than Rethug infighting.

I wonder if any other Utah Thugs will make the grade, or if they'll accept the invite......

Republican have abused the word conservative until it's meaningless......

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. "Democrats are in disarray" because of a messy Caucus in Iowa

while Republicans are literally threatening a sitting US Senator with harm all over a vote they didn't like but Democrats are the ones with problems?

[dalton99a]

21. Kick

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212974204

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. How anybody thinks this is supposed to be "normal"

is beyond me. If rank-and-file party members are getting to the point where they might physically harm another person, let alone a sitting US Senator over a vote they didn't like, I'd say that it's time to re-evaluate what exactly your party stands for and/or who's running it.

[tblue37]

24. Because they are a bunch of violent extremists? Thanks for admitting it, Schlapp. nt

[smirkymonkey]

25. They aren't a political party, they are just a gang of cowardly thugs and

Trump is the one who has empowered them to behave this way. I can't believe what that POS is doing to this country. I honestly never imagined it could ever get this bad.

[thegoose]

26. Somebody schlapp him

[redstateblues]

27. Another loser trying to curry favor with their Orange King

[EarnestPutz]

28. I know it's CPAC, and not the Republican Party per se, but the party wants....

....to be a "big tent" that welcomes everyone, and they can't even find room for their standard bearer of 2012?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

29. Trump Cultist member...Matt Schlapp

This is a PRIME example of what Trump has done to the GOP. Turned them into SCHLAPPS who will demonize anyone who does not tow their philosophies.

Makes me glad I can think for myself.

[earthside]

30. Another tragedy is likely.

I know a few QAnon Trump fanatics ... there are going to be more Trump inspired tragedies like mail bomber Cesar Sayoc and the Tree of Life murders.

Fear, grievance, and victimization are powerful motivators and Trump is clearly enthused to use them.

[bronxiteforever]

31. Kick and recommend for visibility. This is stunning

An admission that CPAC are “brown shirts light”. Their own former POTUS nominee is in danger of death at the hands of their uncontrollable violent supporters.

An admission that Cons are lawless thugs.

[Crunchy Frog]

32. Threats only matter if they're directed at a Trump asslicker

Like Susan Collins.

[spanone]

34. fuck schlapp