Mitt Romney says he knows losing hurts, but blasts Trump for claiming fraud

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

The Utah senator says he is concerned that some people believe the election was stolen.

By Lee Davidson

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney bashed President Donald Trump again on national TV on Monday evening for continuing to falsely claim the election was stolen from him — and drew on his own experience of losing a presidential election to drive home the point.

“The biggest concern that I have is that people here genuinely believe that somehow this election was stolen, and there’s not evidence of that. The president was saying it was stolen even before Election Day happened. He said if he loses, it would be fraud. Well, no one knows that,” Romney told Shepard Smith in a live CNBC interview.

“I thought I was going to win too when I ran for president in 2012. I didn’t. I didn’t go out and say ‘fraud.’ We have a process. We count the votes. That’s the way it is,” the Utah senator said.

Romney stressed again that Trump may be hurting democracy not only in America, but worldwide.



Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/12/14/mitt-romney-says-he-knows/

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. Never, EVER trust Mitt

He opposes Trump only when it is safe to.

[greenjar_01]

7. He voted to impeach

That counts for something, gotta say.

I think Mitt, like the Bushes, genuinely despises what Trump has done to norms of conduct in government.

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. He voted to impeach

when it didn't matter because the GOP had enough votes without him. If his had been the deciding vote, he would have voted the other way.

Romney will be the competent fascist, who will seem so much more acceptable than Trump, and will end the Republic if elected.

[greenjar_01]

16. Meh

I don't know what he would have done had it been the other way, and neither do you.

Not everybody is a fascist. Calm down.

[Miguelito Loveless]

18. And this is why

we are in our current state, people who keep insisting any member of the GOP can be trusted.

[Polybius]

9. He didn't vote for him in 2016 and 2020

He's a Republican, but certainly not a Trump supporter.

[Miguelito Loveless]

10. We have no idea who he voted for

Also, he went on bended knee to Trump begging for a job. He voted with Trump when it mattered, and against him when it didn't (See Barrett vote).

[dubyadiprecession]

2. I can just hear Republicans in Utah saying...

“Romney is straight shooter, a man with principles!”. Then, “We can’t have that, we need to primary him, next time!”.

[beachbumbob]

3. more than just trump now claiming fraud, its basically the entire GOP party and voters

realistically democrats have 2 years to go after these people on all levels and unless the DOJ is directed to go at white supremacist organizations and white militias, the problems in 2022 and 2024 will be HUGE

[NCDem47]

4. Win some. Loose some.

Real leaders accept this and learn/adapt and move on. Of course we are dealing with a man who is acting like a five year old and deluded himself into thinking he’s never lost ANYTHING (never mind his history is littered with judgements, payouts, bankruptcies, divorces, and cancelled TV shows).

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Rethug leaders don't want them looking too hard into KY and SC

So now they have to move the T-rump act off center stage

[obamanut2012]

8. I don't trust Willard as far as I can throw him

But, I appreciate him saying this, although it would have been better TO NOT VOTE FOR HIS STUFF.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. Could be the best thing for Democrats, if Romney runs for office again in 2024

And he's keeping himself in the news. So you have to wonder.

Not because he's more moderate, or even anti-Trump. Its because that, if Trump (or Jr.) does try again in 2024, but Mitt wins, it will divide that party into traditional Republicans vs. Trumplicans who may refuse to vote for Mitt.

In fact even if the worst happens, and Trump wins the next primaries against Mitt, it could still divide the party. But I'd prefer the former to happen.

[robbob]

13. He raises a good point that I haven't seen mentioned much...

tRump was saying BEFORE the election (and in 2016) that if he lost it would have to be fraud. So in other words, it doesn’t matter how clean, honest and verifiable an election you could run; in rRumps opinion, if he loses then it’s fraud.

That, in and of itself, shows a deranged mind that won’t accept reality. He had ZERO basis for making that claim (unless he already believed the fix was in...)

[BumRushDaShow]

14. I'm sure Ham Rove told him that he was a shoo-in!

[Orrex]

15. Romney has binders full of big statements that don't matter one bit

When it comes time to take a stand on principle, he can be counted on to follow his leaders' orders, lockstep like all the other obedient GOP fuckheads.


I don't want to hear another word out of Mittens until he does something worth paying attention to.

[myohmy2]

17. I think...

...slick willard is running in 2024 on a possible puke 'sanity ticket'...

...hard, but could the early puke get the worm?

...nah...