Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not run for reelection in 2024. The former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor announced his intentions in a video statement Wednesday, creating a wide-open contest in a state that heavily favors Republicans and is expected to attract a crowded fie
Ah good, so now he can sit on the sidelines and armchair quarterback the demise of the GOP that he himself helped create. Dr. Frankenstein is fine with his monster smashing everything while he sits back and retires.
Fuck you Mittens, you greasy, lying sack of shit!
Eh, I’m not so sure about that. He correctly predicted that Russia was our largest geopolitical enemy (which Obama laughed at), and he also staunchly opposed Trump (being the only party member to vote to convict him). The ACA is also based on a plan that he created as Governor of Massachusetts. I think his track record shows him as a fairly different sort of Republican than whatever the hell is going on there today.
But yeah, his policy is terrible like the rest of the GOP. No argument from me there.
I’ll give him some props where it’s due, but that’s his party. He voted for his wife (as a protest vote) in 2016 instead of Clinton. So in my opinion, he effectively voted for Trump.
His voting record speaks for itself (repeal of Dodd-Frank, cutting taxes across the board, no mandatory limits on GHG emissions, reducing the EPA authority and mandate - that’s just a couple of paragraphs from Wikipedia).
He’s the “moderate” republican who didn’t do enough in my opinion and now we will get to hear just how disappointed he is with the current state of affairs over and over. And all without a hint of irony.