Romney to Retire, Calling For a ‘New Generation’ Beyond Biden and Trump
Romney to Retire, Calling For a ‘New Generation’ Beyond Biden and Trump
The Utah Republican and 2012 G.O.P. presidential nominee, 76, said he would step aside to make way for younger leaders and strongly suggested that the president and former president should, too.
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Arguably one of the least disliked of Republicans, John McCain not withstanding, for me personally.
At least tried to maintain some sort of civility. Too bad that doesn't mean much when he goes along with the rest of colleagues and their craziness.
Not sad he's gone, but not particularly happy either. Might open up Utah for the Dems in the future.
Same way I feel. In the grand scheme of things he's a piece of shit and votes as such. But as far as Republicans go he's semi-palatable.
It’s not opening anything up to the dems. As a Utahn myself, I’m 99% certain Romney is retiring because he can’t win reelection here, as the majority of the state thinks he’s a RINO. I mean, he replaced Orrin Hatch, who could have won another term if he wanted, despite being in the senate since before microwave popcorn was a thing.
Utah had 1 dem representative and he only won because people came out to vote for medical marijuana. The state house then butchered that law until it was almost unrecognizable disenfranchising everyone who was finally getting involved. The state is run by car dealerships and residential developers. The money won’t let a non-republican take that seat.
It's amazing how far the R has fallen.
Small government? Privacy? Staying out of people's life? Individual rights and responsibility? Freedom?
Yeah.
Im not registered with a party. I'm not sure about how that would benefit anything, but I'm not sure I'll be able to vote R until that's fixed.
Same.
Although it's becoming close I register for Democrats cause of how bad things have gotten with Republicans.
They only got culture wars and conspiracy theories and downright malice now.Helps me? NO. Tax cuts for the rich, taxes for me, and forcing their religion down my throat.
Helps others? NO. Targeting social security, restricted voting, and a whole lot of pulling up bootstraps
Helps kids? NO. Child labor laws weakened, free school lunched targeted, and don't say gay.
Helps nature? NO. Climate change "isn't real!!!", drill baby drill no matter what, and hostility to any "alternative/clean" solutions.
What future is there in that? Just a regressive and bastardization of the past. For what?!?! Just to try to bring back the "Good old days?"
With Dems there is at least a future, as troubled and imperfect as it might be. With Reps there isn't
If those are your concerns I’m curious how you were ever comfortable voting for a republican? These have always been their stances, they’ve just doubled down on them lately.
They used to have a redeeming feature here and there. I voted for a republican about 8 years ago because he was the only one willing to combat out of control unaudited spending in my state.
Now anyone who can stand to have a (R) next to their name stands with the party of fascism and that's way more important than the occasional good opinion any one candidate might have.
Romney's almost worse. At least with the current crop of republicans there's no doubting they're batshit and evil because they don't even bother hiding it.
Mittens gives a veneer of civility to a party that has lost its way and isn't fit for purpose.
Yeah I liked that but on entitlements; surely he meant billionaire and corporate welfare.
Hes only talking about cutting "entitlements" because the real way you pay for them is taxing billionaires like him drastically more, and he doesnt like that.
You already know.