Read It: Here’s The Note Romney
Gave To Every Republican Ahead
Of The Impeachment Vote
Daily Wire,
by
James Barrett
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/6/2020 11:13:29 AM
After weeks of speculation about which senators might vote against the party line, the U.S. Senate voted on the Democrats’ two articles of impeachment against President Trump on Wednesday, and only of the 100 senators defected on one of the articles —frequent Trump critic Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) voted “guilty” on “Abuse of Power,” which ultimately failed 48-52. Ahead of the vote, the Utah senator delivered a hand-signed note to each of his Republican colleagues.The note, obtained and published by Axios, was delivered to Republican senators’ individual boxes in the Senate cloakroom ahead of the vote Wednesday. In it, Romney defends
Reply 1 - Posted by:
marbles 2/6/2020 11:14:50 AM (No. 309649)
Drivel
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
capecodfox 2/6/2020 11:23:15 AM (No. 309656)
Corrupting an election. Ha!
1) If all our President did was ask for an investigation, how is that corrupting an election? Does the truth about the Bidens corrupt an election?
2) Fusion GPS and the dossier was an attempt to corrupt an election. What was Mitt's position on that?
3) Obama and Hillary blamed Benghazi on an obscure film maker instead of taking responsibility. THAT didn't miff Mitt?!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 2/6/2020 11:25:21 AM (No. 309659)
I take my faith seriously too, Mr. Romney. Your support has always been along the lines of what the Democrats are doing and I have one question to ask. I understand your devotion to God but why are you lending credibility to a party that wants to keep taking God out of society? Doesn't say much for what you think of God. Kind of like a mom supporting abortion. Doesn't say much for what the mom thinks of children in general.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Lucky5 2/6/2020 11:32:06 AM (No. 309674)
Utah- Please recall him!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
SnowQueen 2/6/2020 11:33:11 AM (No. 309677)
What an officious twit.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
gop_guys 2/6/2020 11:35:38 AM (No. 309682)
This man actually represented our party for president of the United States. There are too many criticisms to list. One word suffices; Judas!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 2/6/2020 11:37:05 AM (No. 309685)
There is/has been corruption in NOT investigating Biden, et al.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/6/2020 11:39:20 AM (No. 309687)
Can you imagine Mittens Romney representing the USA against tough and clever adversarial world leaders?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
chance_232 2/6/2020 11:39:23 AM (No. 309688)
Does your faith require that you accept democrat lies as truth. The entire predicate of election interference is based on"divinations" of the President's intent, with absolutely zero evidence to support it.
Had any factual evidence been presented that Trump wanted an investigation to blow up an election, then I would be the first petson wagging my finger and uttering "bad Trump".
Never mind that the target IS NOT the nominee, never mind that we have audio of Biden bragging about a quid pro quo, never mind that his moron son was raking in millions and has less common sense than my puppy. And never mind that Hillary, the DNC and Obama did exactly what they are accusing Trump of to effect the 2016 election.
Mitt.... pull your head out of that damp warm place that you keep it and get with current events, and stop accepting as gospel liberal talking points.
With his note, he has confirmed that he is, in fact, an idiot.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/6/2020 11:50:31 AM (No. 309700)
Take the note and put it in the trashbin, Mr. Romney, where you belong, and will now find yourself.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
cold porridge 2/6/2020 11:51:05 AM (No. 309702)
“Does anyone seriously believe I would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me?”
Yes Mitt, we would. For you to stress "how Christian" you are makes me suspect. It reminds me of what my Dad always said. There are good Christians, and then there are the "christians" that go to church on sunday so they can go out the rest of the week and do evil deeds. They hide behind their faith.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
sailannapolis 2/6/2020 11:52:49 AM (No. 309705)
Mitt, what are you afraid of? And what does the "R" stand for in te Hunter Biden company the letters of this company are BHR?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 2/6/2020 11:52:53 AM (No. 309707)
This is nothing more than an excuse to rationalize and justify his one vote, using his religion, which was used against him when he ran for POTUS.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 2/6/2020 11:53:56 AM (No. 309709)
Dear Mr. Romney,
Understand that President Trump has been acquitted of the allegations. President Donald Trump is innocent. Get used to it.
While I realize that this note was written ahead of the impeachment vote, you have stated in the note "“Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and disruptive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine,”.
I urge you in the strongest of terms to refrain from ever repeating this accusation against this innocent man, no matter how brave and intelligent and dignified you think that you are. Should you choose to repeat this you will violate your oath to your god and instead be committing an act of slander.
Finally, your piety is making you look like a white-washed tomb. Please stop.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 2/6/2020 11:54:55 AM (No. 309716)
Re #9
Romney is both an idiot and a liar. He is a liar when he says he believes Trump abused his power. He can't be that stupid to believe the Democrats story on its face-he KNOWS full well that Biden was corrupt and should have been investigated,
But he is also an IDIOT if he believes that We, The People , would believe his cock'n'bull story about being driven by his faith. We see through you, Mittens. And you broke Commandment #8; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. You lied to us Mittens, and we KNOW IT.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ramona 2/6/2020 11:57:59 AM (No. 309726)
To quote Woody Woodpeicker, the Senator from Utah is "Dethpicable."
Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
buckeye1 2/6/2020 12:04:42 PM (No. 309734)
Hey Mitt! You can come down off your cross. CNN is here for your 11 A M interview.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
MDConservative 2/6/2020 12:06:44 PM (No. 309740)
From here on everything Mitt is doing and saying is part of his undeclared candidacy for President of the United States. Had PDT's numbers dropped precipitously during the impeachment imbroglio, Mitt would have been the one to step in as a primary challenger for the GOP nomination, the savior of the party and all that...and to protect the UNIPARTY's interests by perhaps denying PDT renomination - or at least sullying him badly going into the November elections. That failed to materialize.
The UNIPARTY wants PDT gone. Post-Mueller impeachment turned into a disastrous farce. Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler - all the House Impeachment Managers - were unmitigated embarrassments, as was the House Dem majority voting out such thin articles of impeachment upon which to ask the Senate for a guilty verdict. And for this, the GOPe forfeited their majority in '18. That won't happen again.
So, now the UNIPARTY is moving on to Plan D or E or whatever. Mitt will make noises criticizing PDT for anything/everything. He will get increased positive exposure on the usual media as this 24-karat statesman of heric stature for his prayerful convictions. Eventually he will declare himself an "independent Republican of conscience" challenging as a third-party to become President of the United States. The Bushies, Romneybots and the rest of the "moderate" wing of the GOP will make appropriate noises, contribute, endorse, serve as surrogates, etc. Stand by...this will be historic and epic.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
john56 2/6/2020 12:20:00 PM (No. 309762)
That's one government document that you SHOULD tear up into pieces.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
MeiDei 2/6/2020 12:21:00 PM (No. 309765)
I'm willing to take him at his word if he will define each reason for his vote, but I want to know the actual time, place, people involved, and harm caused - no hearsay, no bogus dossiers, no sour grapes - just the facts.
Minus that & my former governor seems silly and petulant.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
msjena 2/6/2020 12:21:30 PM (No. 309768)
I think Romney has a lot in common with Comey.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Upright2 2/6/2020 12:24:51 PM (No. 309772)
Classics Illustrated version of the note: "I'm freaking bonkers. I lost my mind."
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 2/6/2020 12:27:11 PM (No. 309777)
So Pierre Delecto, is it going to be Mitt Romney (D) in the near future? You have been acting like one for some time now. Funny though, that you never say a peep about evil and corruption among the dims. Is that because their evil and corruption fits your religious doctrines a little bit better?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
EQKimball 2/6/2020 12:41:37 PM (No. 309793)
A first class conscience informed by a second class brain equals third class justice.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
DVC 2/6/2020 12:49:20 PM (No. 309804)
This is a really sick man. He wraps himself in this sham "decency and God" garbage, and pretends that there is even the SLIGHTEST indication of anything wrong having been done by the President. The Ukrainians were involved in massive corruption, and one of his personal staffers was benefitting financially from this corruption. Trump asks about the Ukrainians investigating the corruption in the last election, and Pierre Derelicto decides that this is unacceptable behavior.
If Romney actually believes this garbage he is stupid, just a dunderhead. If he is just telling a cover story for his backstabbing, then he is a totally corrupt phony. I don't know the man, hard to tell:
Moron or corrupt?
A hell of a choice. Either way, he needs to be GONE.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 2/6/2020 12:59:03 PM (No. 309822)
I'm suspicious of people who loudly proclaim their Christianity while doing otherwise despicable things. I won't name them, but there are quite a few in politics.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Clinger 2/6/2020 12:59:47 PM (No. 309824)
Note to Mitt:
You are no better than Nancy Pelosi in your blasphemy. Utah, do your job to save the republic. Pardon the hypocrisy from the sucker state.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
TXknitter 2/6/2020 1:08:17 PM (No. 309836)
I respectfully suggest that Mormons work to replace Romney ASAP. He is a really really really bad advertisement for the LDS church.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
texaspast 2/6/2020 1:12:40 PM (No. 309842)
What a slimy, oily, smarmy, sanctimonious fop. Mitt, I frat in your general direction. (And he's a lying sack of Schiff to boot.)
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/6/2020 1:12:47 PM (No. 309843)
What #1 said. I might add “sanctimonious drivel”...
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
davew 2/6/2020 1:23:06 PM (No. 309854)
I think his relationship with his chief foreign policy adviser, Cofer Black, may have something to do with this decision. Black was put on Burisma's board just after Trump won and Hunter Biden was dropped because he was no longer useful to Zholshevsky. Black may have presented himself as someone who could provide protection to Burisma through his ties to Senator Romney now that the Republicans were in power. Romney would have been aware of this protection racket relationship although it would not have been a conflict of interest like the Biden's had. Zholshevsky has a pattern of buying protection and bribing officials to protect the wealth he stole from Ukraine and having connections with a Republican Senator after Trump's takeover makes sense.
Romney may have been coerced by Zholshevsky to vote for impeachment as a "message" to Trump that he still had juice in Washington after he threatened exposing the Bidens. Oligarchs and organized crime are big on sending messages to their enemies even if it was futile and actually politically fatal to Romney.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Namma 2/6/2020 1:28:01 PM (No. 309861)
What a crock of bull-shiff.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Safari Man 2/6/2020 1:46:01 PM (No. 309883)
Every senator who got this note should rip it in half and put it back in Delecto’s box.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 2/6/2020 1:52:38 PM (No. 309891)
This guy is a sanctimonious sack of crap.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
JonR 2/6/2020 1:53:41 PM (No. 309894)
This note is nothing more than an attempt to put lipstick on a pig! The trouble with Romney is that his ego, hate and narcissism will not allow him to see himself as he really is; a small man devoid of any redeeming qualities! Using his claimed faith to try and cover his despicable actions is beyond the pale!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
ToryWhite 2/6/2020 2:04:55 PM (No. 309911)
The delivery of this note to the Republican senators TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE VOTE. Romney was trying to influence the vote, to get Trump impeached?? Hello, everyone??
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
cartcart 2/6/2020 2:26:04 PM (No. 309935)
Mitt has to understand that if there are enough senators like him, and they voted to undo the election, it would be bad for the country. I hope he did not overlook that. I share a strong belief in God with Mitt and many others who pray on behalf of this country. I do not pray against our enemies, but I do pray that our leaders will cease to be involved in corruption of any kind and do what is best for our country to move forward. That said, I can overlook personal flaws in the individual and trust that they will watch over our nation with the vigilance required by good conduct. Frankly, I appreciate Trump for bringing up corruption and warning leaders of nations that money flowing is contingent on rooting out corruption. I saw that he was trying to do US a favor. I think removal from office would open the way to undoing of the nation's fabric. How did Mitt think it would help our nation? He is mind-boggling to me...
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
msjena 2/6/2020 3:02:29 PM (No. 309970)
I think it says something that Mitt says he is "profoundly religious." To me, being "religious" means going through all of the motions of worship--going to church, observing the sacraments, following all the rules (and the LDS church has a lot of them). But it says nothing about a relationship with God or even actual belief. I don't want to judge Romney about his beliefs, but I am not impressed that he is "religious"and I don't see where there was a clear command from God on how he (or anyone) should vote on impeachment. It was all politics and Romney decided to go against the party that has supported his political ambitions for years for purely personal reasons.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
worried 2/6/2020 3:35:21 PM (No. 310005)
#25, you said you didn't know if Romney was corrupt or a moron. It's simple. He is a corrupt moron.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
NYbob 2/6/2020 3:47:28 PM (No. 310016)
His being bought off by a Ukrainian thug hasn't even started to be investigated and he hits the panic button. His corruption is showing on his pampered, bought face. Buckle up mitt. IF or WHEN the Ukrainian money laundering blows up, YOU will be in a new kind of trouble. The kind that doesn't have the usual DC backdoor.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 2/6/2020 4:01:17 PM (No. 310033)
Rummey is a jerk. Using his faith to "cover" his vote makes him a despicable jerk.
The simple fact is that Trump committed NO crime and impeachment should only be for serious crimes. Rummey spit in the face of the Constitution and the people that wrote it to get to his "faithful" decision. If his faith causes him to override law and precedent maybe he shouldn't be serving in Congress. He won't leave because his ego is too big.
Someone ought to tie him on the top of a car and drive around with him for the remainder of his term and hopefully Utah can make a better choice next time.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Harlowe 2/6/2020 4:55:17 PM (No. 310077)
It is beyond comprehension how anyone, let alone a former presidential contender, could not read the transcript of the July 25, 2019 telephone call between President Trump and President Zelensky and not understand that there was no corruption in the conversation. Further, Presidents of this country take an oath of office “... will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Any President of this country who has been informed of possible corruption at the highest levels of government must, adhering to his oath of office, investigate and, if necessary, pursue justice.
It appears Mitt Romney took, at face value, the distortion of truth by dishonest Democrats declaring that the telephone call was corrupt, instead of the reality that President Trump was abiding by his oath of office—to pursue possible corruption of U.S. taxpayer dollars being sent to Ukraine, and possible money laundering allowing some portion of U.S. taxpayer money to be returned to select individuals in the United States.
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God told him to be impartial...he's okay then, led there by his conscience and the evidence. But, then, God chose Donald Trump. Kinda confusing.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
VegasGrump 2/6/2020 5:51:31 PM (No. 310123)
Which God did he pray to? Being a Mormon. It could have been one of many.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Right Time 2/6/2020 6:23:16 PM (No. 310145)
All I can say, that compared to his competition, Obama deserved to win in 2012,
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/6/2020 6:45:46 PM (No. 310162)
#12, Hunter’s name is actually Robert Hunter Biden so the name of his company is his initials in reverse.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/6/2020 7:12:53 PM (No. 310180)
Mitt tuning up his me me me me me vocals for his opera gig based on his long struggle to be king of the world. At least Nasty Nancy is obvious with her terrorizing hatred. Smooth talkin' slow walkin' Willard just reminds me of the movie about a RAT with the same name!
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