Adopting 72-year-old Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Ut.) as their new hero, the Democrat Party jumped all over the chance to stick it to 73-year-old President Donald Trump. Romney was the only Republican to vote with Democrats Feb. 5 to toss Trump out of office for abuse of power, an impeachment article so vague, so inconsequential, so subjective, emeritus Harvard Prof. Alan Dershowitz made mincemeat out of it at the impeachment trial. Democrats contend that Romney’s the only Republican with any integrity because he voted their way. That’s always been Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) insulting argument, that if you don’t agree with Democrats, then you’re breaching your oath-of-office. Romney stuck it to Trump one more time, not because of reasoned Constitutional logic but because he let his hatred of Trump to get the better of his personal judgment.
Romney buys lock-stock-and-barrel House Democrats case that Trump tried to get dirt of former Vice President Joe Biden to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. Democrats did not prove their case, they simply speculated along with their witnesses in impeachment hearings about Trump’s motives. Instead of giving Trump the benefit of the doubt, Romney used his Mormon faith to confirm the righteousness of his opinion. Speculating about Trump’s motive, Romney stated for posterity: “No, It was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security interests, and our fundamental values. Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine,” Romney said, letting it all hang out. Tells us what you really think Mitt. Romney’s statement is egregiously filled with hatred toward Trump.
Old wounds don’t die easily, especially for former nominees of political parities Romney was the GOP’s 2012 nominee to take on former Presdient Barack Obama. Romney at the time asked-and-received Trump’s support but it wasn’t enough to stop Obama’s second term. When Trump mused about what happened to Romney in 2012, he said Mitt “choked,” disappeared from the campaign trail, didn’t do what was necessary to beat a vulnerable incumbent. Unpacking Romney’s rationale for voting with Democrats’ “slapdash” impeachment case against Trump, it’s clear that old baggage—not his Mormon faith—influenced Mitt’s decision to denounce Trump. When you read Mitt’s logic, it’s eerily reminiscent of his past remarks. Speaking at the University of Utah Hinkley Institute March 3, 2016, Romney unloaded on Trump. Romney thought nothing calling Trump a “con man” and a “fake.”
Romney let his never-Trumper feelings out for posterity in 2016. “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump Uniiversity,” Romney said saying-and-doing anything to stop Trump from winning the Republican nomination. Trump went on to collect enough delegates to win GOP nomination May 3, 2016, certified July 19, 2016 at the Republican National Convention. Unpacking Romney’s logic, it’s easy to see through his overwhelming hatred toward Trump. Calling Trump’s actions in his July 25 phone call with 40-year old Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky, “a flagrant assault on our electoral rights,” Romney parroted the Democrat talking points. Joe Biden was not the GOP’s nominee, only one of 20 candidates running for president. How could Trump’s call be a “flagrant assault on our electoral rights,” when Joe was not the Democrat Party’s nominee?
Trump stated consistently that he was concerned about corruption in Ukraine before releasing their military aid. Romney says Trump compromised U.S. national security, delaying Ukraine’s military aid because of its armed conflict with Russia. Ukraine wasn’t, at the time, in armed conflict with Russia. Zelensky was actively pursuing diplomacy with Russian President Vladimir Putin. How did Trump “corrupt an election to keep himself in office,” when Biden was only one-of-twenty Democrat presidential candidates? Judging by Biden’s performance in Iowa, it’s unlikely he’ll win his Party’s nomination. Transcripts of Trump call with say nothing about squeezing Zelensky for dirt on Joe and his 50-year-old son, Hunter. But what’s Trump supposed to do: Ignore blatant corruption? Romney’s hyperbole exposes his underlying hatred toward Trump, hiding behind his Mormon faith.
Romney’s now a beloved honorary member of the Democrat Party, repeating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) talking points. Calling Trump’s action “the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine,” Romney tells the whole story about his hatred toward Trump. Romney ignored all the substantive Constitutional arguments about why the two articles were unconstitutional. Yet Romney rammed his square peg into a round hole, wildly speculating about Trump’s motives to steal the 2020 election. Romney’s logic was the same as Democrats insisting that Trump was a Russian agent who conspired with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election. Rep. Matt Gates (R-Fl.) called for Romney’s ejection from the Republican Senate Caucus. While that’s not likely to happen, Mitt’s diatribe at Trump shows for all to see his lingering hatred toward the president.
