Romney takes issue with Trump calling the media the 'enemy'

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN



By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Updated 1:25 AM ET, Sat November 3, 2018

Washington (CNN) - Republican Senate candidate and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney is taking issue with President Donald Trump's attacking on the media as "the enemy of the people," arguing that the President's tactics are detrimental to democracy.

Romney wrote in a blog post on his campaign website Thursday that while he sometimes gets "irritated" by stories he knows are wrong, he "cannot conceive of thinking or saying that the media or any responsible news organization is an enemy."

"Surely every president has endured stories that he knew were inaccurate and has chaffed at one or more news publications...," Romney, who's running for a US Senate seat in Utah, wrote.

"But no American president has ever before vilified the American press or one of its professional outlets as an "Enemy of the People."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/02/politics/mitt-romney-trump-media-attack-enemy/index.html

[PatSeg]

1. Oh boy

Evidently the political winds are shifting!

[Cha]

2. What's romney up to telling

this truth about Fraud?

[hatrack]

3. Years late, countless millions short . . .

We don't care, Willard.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. So true...where was he the past 2 years?

Must be he wants to grift some free media time...

[Haggis for Breakfast]

17. Maybe he just woke up.

Mittens van Romney.

[cstanleytech]

18. Or maybe is trying to lay the ground work for a potential run for President again

as a reformed Repugnant.
Truth is though no matter if its him, Flake or whoever you care to name if they supported Trump or Bush they are all Repugant and will there is nothing that can ever wipe the stain off their souls.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

20. Oh, let's hope not.

If I see one more picture of his dog in that kennel that he strapped to the top of the family station wagon, diarrhea running down the windows, I'm going to scream.

[saidsimplesimon]

14. I agree.

[C_U_L8R]

4. A little slow there, Willard

Trump's been scapegoating from the start. How are those escargots sitting with you?

[groundloop]

5. True..... HOWEVER - it's significant that repubs are finally beginning to stand up to Tiny

Now, if that little trend could include our Congress Kritters we'd be getting somewhere.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Indeed. Anything to restore democracy and decency.

[cstanleytech]

19. I suspect its more of a case of some of them trying to play both sides as look at how many of the

Senate Repugnants voted for Gorsuch and for the tax cuts for the wealthy.

[Maxheader]

8. I think the am rightwinger radio stations are dangerous...

mike savage..the rest. Faux news is quoted at the rad right sites
I infest...

[Canoe52]

9. So now he's trying to sound like the reasonable one, nice try.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. Isn't that great?! Now he can take over for Jeff Flake as Chairman of th

Sanctimony Caucus.

[pangaia]

11. rMoney is a politician first................................................. and a human being last

nothing new here

[shadowmayor]

12. Tepid response

From a tepid man. Corporations are not people. And you are not my friend Mitt.

[Julian Englis]

13. Too little, too late, Mittens. Besides, he's just saying what you believe....

Mittens said things as bad but just in more acceptable language. It's amazing that a man as smart and apparently decent as George W. Romney could have a son as craven as Mitt.

[Doitnow]

15. Indeed! Much too little, and too late. Shame on all that is Rethuglicon. Not one is worth a nickel.

[Dan]

16. Don't blame Mitt,

For not taking a stand,.... he has to first determine which way the wind is blowing. His backbone like the jellyfish has to go with the wind.