Mitt Romney Debunks Donald Trump's 'Successful Businessman' Con

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fZkydGOYlh8

Telling the Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NVKYsdT1WU

The Last Sane Republican

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zvX2jJC48

When Americans Abandon the Constitution - The Atlantic

If Republicans no longer care about the Constitution, then they no longer care about the rule of law, secular tolerance, fair elections, or the protection of basic human rights. They have no interest in the stewardship of American democracy, nor will they preserve our constitutional legacy for their children. Instead, they seek to commandeer the ship of state, pillage the hold, and then crash us all onto the rocks...

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/09/mitt-romney-retirement-senate-constitution/675327/

Mitt Romney condemns ‘demagogue’ Trump as he announces retirement

" It's pretty clear that the party is inclined to a populist demagogue message," …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/13/mitt-romney-retirement-trump

The terrorizing style in American politics - The Washington Post

"One Republican congressman confided to Romney that he wanted to vote for Trump's second impeachment, but chose not to out of fear for his family's safety," Coppins writes. "The congressman reasoned that Trump would be impeached by House Democrats with or without him — why put his wife and children at risk if it wouldn't change the outcome? Later, during the Senate trial, Romney heard the same calculation while talking with a small group of Republican colleagues. When one senator, a member of leadership, said he was leaning toward voting to convict, the others urged him to reconsider. You can't do that, Romney recalled someone saying. Think of your personal safety, said another. Think of your children. The senator eventually decided they were right."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/14/romney-political-violence-republicans/

Mitch McConnell Told Mitt Romney That Trump Is an 'Idiot:' Book

"You're in a position to say things about him that we all agree with but can't say," Romney remembered McConnell telling him…

https://www.businessinsider.com/mitch-mcconnell-told-mitt-romney-that-trump-is-an-idiot-2023-9

Don't Buy the Mitt Romney Martyr Theory - The Atlantic

The Mitt Romney martyr theory thus suffers from a fatal defect. It presumes that large numbers of Republicans weren't radicalized before Romney's rough treatment. In truth, they already hated Democrats and the media, and when Romney lost, their message to the Republican establishment in 2016 was just as clear as it was in South Carolina in 2012. No more nice guys. The "character" that mattered was a commitment to punching the left right in the mouth…

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/mitt-romney-gop-martyr-theory-trump-base/671725/

Romney suggests cutting retirement benefits for younger Americans | Mitt Romney | The Guardian

…Conservatives have consistently tried to chip away at the programs. Most recently, House Republicans proposed raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 69 and social security from 67 to 69. 

But in his Build Back Better plan, Joe Biden sought to protect and even extend the programs, adding hearing coverage to Medicare. The bill passed the House but was stalled in the US Senate…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/31/mitt-romney-cut-back-retirement-benefits-younger-americans

Republican party calls January 6 attack ‘legitimate political discourse’

"Shame falls on a party that would censure persons of conscience, who seek truth in the face of vitriol," Romney wrote. "Honour attaches to Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for seeking truth even when doing so comes at great personal cost."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/04/republicans-capitol-attack-legitimate-political-discourse-cheney-kinzinger-pence

Romney: Founders didn't intend pardons to be used for 'cronies' | TheHill

"I can't imagine the founders in providing for pardon power for a president anticipated that presidents would use it to reward political friends, and as a result I would hope that we could develop a tradition of more narrowly providing pardons," Romney said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535126-romney-founders-didnt-intend-pardons-to-be-used-for-cronies

Romney: 'Stunning' for White House not to respond on Russian cyberattack | TheHill

...This is almost as if you had a Russian bomber flying undetected over the country, including over the nation's capital, and not to respond in a setting like that is really stunning," Romney told Knox...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/530738-romney-stunning-for-white-house-not-to-respond-on-russian-cyberattack

Mitt Romney decries US politics: ‘The world is watching with abject horror’

Utah senator criticizes Trump’s attacks on Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Gretchen Whitmer, but also blames Democrats....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/13/mitt-romney-abject-horror-us-politics-trump-biden

The Worst Person in the World #5

Imagine my surprise to discover that Sen. Romney of Utah thinks I'm the third ranking Democrat behind Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi! His Both-Sides-Ism, equating my conclusion's about Trump's Stochastic Terrorism and Trump's sadism and fascism, is a large part of the reason we are in this nightmare. When I see once responsible Republicans become enablers of this would-be dictator, I always wonder if they've been blackmailed the way Trump's little devils unsuccessfully tried to blackmail Jeff Bezos in 2019.....
https://youtu.be/AII-Xlz5aNM

Social Security is back on McConnell's chopping block with his latest COVID-19 'relief' plan

There is an awful lot of bad in the coronavirus relief package Sen. Mitch McConnell is struggling to put together with his divisive Republican conference. One bright spot seemed to be that the extremely bad idea from Donald Trump of a payroll tax cut has been finally put to rest. It seems that laying the groundwork for eventual big cuts to Social Security and Medicare by starving the trust fund in this bill was too controversial and too transparent for Republicans. So they decided to do it a much sneakier way. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/7/24/1963490/-Social-Security-is-back-on-McConnell-s-chopping-block-with-his-latest-COVID-19-relief-plan

Mitt Romney Accuses Donald Trump of ‘Unprecedented, Historic Corruption’ for Pardoning Roger Stone

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has never minced words when it comes to his feelings about President Donald Trump, and on Saturday morning the former governor and current senator from Utah used his personal Twitter account to criticize the president for pardoning his long-time ally Roger Stone, calling it, “unprecedented, historic corruption.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitt-romney-accuses-donald-trump-of-unprecedented-historic-corruption-for-pardoning-roger-stone

Romney calls Trump's purge of IGs "a threat to accountable democracy" - Axios

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) tore into President Trump on Twitter Saturday night for his "unprecedented" firing of multiple inspectors general in recent weeks, calling his actions "a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power." https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-trump-inspector-general-c785de7a-bc73-4b27-b436-588a5face2fd.html

'Nothing to celebrate whatsoever': Romney rejects White House testing boasts - POLITICO

The Utah Republican criticized the Trump administration’s failure to facilitate widespread testing at the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/romney-rejects-white-house-testing-boasts-251967

Mitt Romney is the only Senate Republican not invited to join Trump’s economic reopening task force: report – Raw Story

President Trump is trying to assemble another group tasked with advising him on reopening the economy, and this time he’s turning to members of Congress, POLITICO reports. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/mitt-romney-is-the-only-senate-republican-not-invited-to-join-trumps-economic-reopening-task-force-report/

Coronavirus sparks support for Universal Basic Income — Quartz

As pandemic panic mounts worldwide and more people globally are being told to stay home, one conservative American politician is taking a decidedly progressive position, proposing interim Universal Basic Income. ....
https://qz.com/1819369/coronavirus-sparks-support-for-universal-basic-income/