Sen. Mitt Romney Says He Would Vote For 'Virtually' Anybody Other Than Trump or Ramaswamy
Romney, smiling, said he'd even be 'happy' to support 'a number of' the Democrats in the presidential race
I don't think people get that this difference makes a difference. As a millennial going through college during the GW Bush years, there was at least a Republican party that cared about America, cared about non political government institutions and the service those members participate in, etc. Since the tea party that shit changed. And I don't think it's hard to believe Mitt Romney actually cares about this country and means what he says on this thing. I feel disgusted defending Romney, but I kind of miss it when it was guys like Romney were the political opponents in power and not these MAGA folks hellbent on destroying democracy and politicizing the institutions critical to America.
I mean, I was going through college when GW Bush was elected, and here's what I remember:
What was different about that day's Republican Party than today's? We knew less about it, was all.
The thing that I dont think a lot of people like to recognize is that GW Bush had both some of the highest and lowest approval ratings. For months immediately after his approval rating was like 90 percent. Dems are also responsible for going to war then, even if they weren't the party in control.
But the thing is republicans did hold institutions, agencies, and administrative government orgs in higher esteem and weren't trying to destroy and purge. That's very different than trump. There's a difference between Mitt Romneys of the. GOP and the Jim Jordans who have never passed their own legislation and instead only focus on dismantling government and going on witch hunts.
I think the other thing you need to look at is how other elected officials speak about working with him. There's what you say in the public light, and then there's the work that actually gets done.
Also, didn't Romney kind of quietly champion universal healthcare in MA? And despite his own views, accept state Supreme Court rulings to provide gay marriage licenses? This guy actually cared about governing.
Also 2 unnecessary wars. Iraq causing the US to lose focus in Afghanistan. Republicans steered the Medicare part D BS and Bush signed it. The economy melting down then they blamed Obama. Then they questioned Obama’s citizenship. Before that was Reagan racking up debt, and raising taxes all while “states rights” was used as cover for institutional racism.
Republicans have always been dog shit.
Yup those fucking hanging ballots could have given Algore in Florida. In general the world would be better
Yeah…. His usual ethical-adjacent stance. He won’t support the awful but the moderately better are just fine. The pinnacle of GOP integrity is still pathetic.
It's genuinely surprising how low the bar is for a Republican to be considered ethical - refusing to vote in the guy who literally tried to pull a coup on your country shouldn't even be an ethical stance, it should be the stance of literally everyone
But... But... Trans people
Seriously tho G W Bush ran on Gays are getting married oh no! And rode that to state and local wins even before 9/11 happened
Right??
Mittens sucks out loud, but I have to give it to him: he's had some ethical stances on things.
Sen. Mitt Romney Says He Would Vote For 'Virtually' Anybody Other Than Trump or Ramaswamy
Remember, politicians are often masters at parsing their words; there's a big difference between "would" and "will".
Edit: Also remember Romney was a chronic flip-flopper; don't expect that to change.
Romney will not vote for Trump under any circumstances and isn’t shy about it*
Romney isn't a politician anymore. That's why I think this carries more weight. He can say what he wants and doesn't have to worry about job security of appealing to the base.
Also, read the article. This is about the Republican primary. He can vote for folks near term still R. But he alluded to that in a general if it's trump, he'd probably vote Biden.
But "the others that are running are acceptable to me and I'd be happy to vote for them," Romney told "Person to Person's" Norah O'Donnell when asked which candidates he "liked" in the GOP field.
I get what you're saying, but that difference can also come from the fact that there hasn't been a single primary yet, let alone a Republican nominee. We can speculate on what that will look like, but speculation is not enough to turn that "would" into a "will"
$100 he still votes trump in the end.
What odds are you giving? Because honestly I'd take that bet. Mitt fucking despises Trump.
Id bet against you. You think a retired politician would publicly go against his old party but privately do the opposite? Also, this article is mostly about the GOP primary. Read the article, not just the headline.
Who the fuck is Ramaswany
The most annoying guy at the Republican debates that no one is watching. He’s 5% in the GOP polls and is basically the adult version of the insufferable kid that got way too into high school debate team.
He looks like he has the title VP at some financial company and has fired about 8 interns this year alone.
i didn’t know how to describe him, but you nailed it
Just an odious little turd who thinks trolling is a valid substitute for a personality or a platform.
Worked for Trump, so...
He tried to rap once
Fucking asshole helped create this problem. Fuck Romney. Fuck every traitor republican.
True, but I still think it's good to see a little bit of reason coming back here and there. I welcome it.
But only because they failed if they had pulled it off he'd still be shilling for them
is there a virtual person he would vote for
that spanish AI model maybe?
Old Mitty here is a big Hatsune Miku fan.
Then vote Biden?
Can't get over the fact that the malarkey guy is still the least bad option and neither can Bo Burnham
Mitt looks like the villain in an 80s comedy movie and feels like a guy who says what people tell him to say.
IMHO this is just telling people the Mormon church doesn't support those guys.
But he would vote for DeSatan?
Well he's neither Trump or Ramaswamy, so yeah, possibly.
‘Virtually’? Who’s worse in his opinion?
I imagine Biden is top of that list for Romney
Hmmmm… status quo democracy or outright fascism? That’s a real poser.
How introducing, President Chris Brown
Maybe kanye west at this point. Idk he been being cray cray
You and me both buddy, now do everything you can to convince the fleeting numbers of sane folks in your party to do the same.
So you're telling me he would vote for Desantis, f-- outta here with Romney.
Nah, he just knows that nobody is talking about Rhonda Santis anymore
"Virtually* as in not literally because he will actually vote for any religious fascist bullshit for real...
Which religious fascist are you talking about?
I don't really give a shit.
Someone should change parties.
Then just say it. Your party is a shell of itself.
He fucking does say it. Multiple times across different sources. That’s literally why he’s quitting the senate. You people just don’t read past headlines so you don’t see it.
Yup. 99 percent of comments think this comment is about the general election, when the quotes are about the primary. Of course Mitch isn't voting for trump in a GOP primary. But he still probably won't vote trump in a general either.
As if it wasn't purposefully working toward this for ages. This is its culmination.
he could have arlen specter'd this bitch but instead he just up and quit to go on cable news shows and talk about how great he is.
Trump or literally who?