Romney denounces multiple
IG firings as 'threat
to accountable democracy'
Hill,
by
J. Edward Moreno
Original Article
Posted By: tisHimself,
5/16/2020 11:40:47 PM
Republican Sen. Mitt Romny (Utah) on Saturday denounced President Trump's firings of several inspector generals in various federal government offices as a "threat to accountable democracy."
"The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing so without good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power," Romney tweeted
Reply 1 - Posted by:
kdsils60 5/16/2020 11:43:55 PM (No. 413217)
says the first republican to ever vote to convict a President of his own party in history - and remember, he voted to convict and remove a sitting President without ONE specific identifiable crime enumerated in the case against the President. I think I would call that a threat to accountable democracy...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vesicant 5/16/2020 11:43:56 PM (No. 413218)
Shut up. Just shut up. Or there will be a recall campaign with your name on it, mittens. Now go check on your dog.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bubber 5/16/2020 11:44:57 PM (No. 413219)
And to think I voted for him .... well kinda had to ....
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
wweste 5/16/2020 11:46:50 PM (No. 413222)
Romney can go suck an egg.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 5/16/2020 11:47:55 PM (No. 413225)
Um, Utah...can we talk?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
snakeoil 5/16/2020 11:58:03 PM (No. 413229)
One of the mistakes PT made was he should have fired all of them in the first 10 minutes of becoming POTUS.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 5/16/2020 11:59:46 PM (No. 413230)
Someone ought to put ol' Mitt on the top of a car in a dog crate, and drive him back to Utah where he belongs . . .
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 5/17/2020 12:00:27 AM (No. 413232)
As many of us predicted at the time, Mitt Romney has turned out to be a real asset.
With a silent "e" and "t".
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Miceal 5/17/2020 12:05:43 AM (No. 413235)
Utah, REALLY time to recall this First Class Asshat...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
KTWO 5/17/2020 12:11:48 AM (No. 413239)
You can't have accountable democracy if no one can be fired. Exactly why are bureaucrats supposed to have independence?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
chumley 5/17/2020 12:12:44 AM (No. 413240)
Doesn't he have some magic underwear to recharge or something? Seriously, he is along the same lines as Pelosi but not as smooth or likable. he is not and never was from Utah, just like the Hildebeast was never from New York. He just faked it to get a senate seat he couldn't win in his home state of Massachusetts. He is a phony and a scoundrel, and I want my vote back.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/17/2020 12:28:07 AM (No. 413243)
Mr. Romney, was it any threat to accountable democracy when Hillary Clinton would not allow an appointment of an AG to oversee the State Dept? What about when Sally Yates would not allow the AG to inspect the intelligence unit of the Justice Dept? Do you have any problems with any of that, sir? Lastly, I only hear from you when you have a stab in the back message for Trump. Do you ever have any positive messages for the country, or only snark?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
leonardo 5/17/2020 12:41:42 AM (No. 413247)
You won't hear any positive messages from Romney regarding Trump.
Jealousy is a terrible affliction and hate is Romney's response. What the heck is WRONG with Utah?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 5/17/2020 12:50:14 AM (No. 413251)
As predictable as a Monterey sunset.
Sadly...
KAG
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 5/17/2020 12:52:20 AM (No. 413252)
Mormons are weirdos. Mitt Romney is a great example.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Luandir 5/17/2020 12:56:53 AM (No. 413253)
Wimps who roll over and lose elections are also a threat to democracy.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 5/17/2020 12:58:43 AM (No. 413255)
We get it Romney. You're mad because the people voted Trump in as president instead of you. But it's time for you to put a sock in it. JUST SHUT THE FRACK UP! We can't afford any more of your tantrums. Our country is in one of the greatest crises in it's history and we simply cannot afford you undermining our President at this time. He can damn well fire anyone he wants. Dealing with this world wide pandemic and having to fight the GDrats for three years while they tried to overthrow our government. If you can't be a help with the fight against the evil democrats, just slink back to Utah and keep your damn mouth shut.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 5/17/2020 12:59:17 AM (No. 413257)
What? Oh, that's right. We haven't heard from him for a couple of weeks. I was almost beginning to believe that he was non-essential. s/off
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
john56 5/17/2020 1:02:49 AM (No. 413259)
Ah, shaddup, Mittens.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/17/2020 1:16:04 AM (No. 413261)
Mittens apparently doesn’t understand that he can fire any of these people he wants to fire and for any reason. The people he’s firing are more than likely Obizzo appointees and deep state members of the cabal operation working overtime to sabotage Trump. They are Mittens people and that why he is defending them. Shut up and go away ok. Your opinions are so irrelevant and so are you.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 5/17/2020 1:23:14 AM (No. 413264)
Clueless and completely devoid of self-awareness.
Female PIAPS
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/17/2020 1:38:50 AM (No. 413267)
Too bad the president can't fire you Mittens. It would be justified. Maybe Utah voters will do it for him when they stop and realize that your secret demonrat proclamations will lead to the outlaw of their Mormon religion and the installation of the muslim one.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
NotaBene 5/17/2020 1:50:10 AM (No. 413269)
The firings of Obamarxists are within The executive branch, you idiotic Mormon.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
HPmatt 5/17/2020 1:57:33 AM (No. 413274)
Never-ending thanks..Utah...
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Shmowry1 5/17/2020 2:32:10 AM (No. 413282)
Shut it, disloyal traitor. The only reason the media listens to you is because you say nasty things about Trump. But you are too dumb to realize that it has nothing to do with you and does not mean you are smart or nuanced. You are a fool.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DVC 5/17/2020 2:59:32 AM (No. 413288)
He works for the Dems.
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McPain reincarnated. Another sore loser joining the ranks of Shillary and the Jebster.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
watashiyo 5/17/2020 4:43:29 AM (No. 413308)
He is miserably lost and totally incapable of working with his fellow conservative Republicans to make life better for struggling middle-class Americans.
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What is wrong with his brain?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
gwholmessr 5/17/2020 6:06:19 AM (No. 413320)
He’s just Hillary, just won’t go away. Are they brother and sister?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/17/2020 6:21:40 AM (No. 413324)
Never one to appreciate the beauty of the unspoken thought, always looking for a parade to jump in front of.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Rather Read 5/17/2020 6:41:29 AM (No. 413345)
I'm sorry I voted for this man. I could NEVER vote for Obama, but I expected more from Romney. What a pathetic man.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/17/2020 6:48:26 AM (No. 413352)
Pierre Delecto is a fool of the first order. The media would ignore him if he weren’t out there undermining the President. He is a tool for them, nothing more. Men like Romney are despicable because they relish kicking someone who they believe is inferior. While Mitt was buying and selling companies without any regard to the lives he was destroying, Donald Trump was actually building structures and employing people. Furthermore, we have read of numerous acts of charity and kindness done by the President, but I have yet to read one article regarding any Philanthropy of Romney. Jesus has a lot to say about sanctimonious self-promoters like Romney. I believed he called them whited sepulchers full of dead men’s bones.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
paral04 5/17/2020 6:56:22 AM (No. 413356)
Romney had his chance to be president but he didn't have the heart to fight Obama, Now he is Monday morning quarterbacking Trump. He needs to shut up.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
chase9365 5/17/2020 6:58:26 AM (No. 413357)
As usual Mittens, you have that backwards.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
pinger 5/17/2020 7:15:00 AM (No. 413369)
My only regret is that POTUS can't fire Romney...
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Daisymay 5/17/2020 7:24:52 AM (No. 413376)
I guess the question is, does the President have it in his powers to fire these Inspectors General at will? If he does, sit down and shut up. If he doesn't I'm Sure Adam Schiff will form a committee and spend the next year trying, once again, to take down Trump!
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 5/17/2020 7:33:10 AM (No. 413382)
Romney the RINO spouting nonsense yet again. Don't you think that when you ran against Obama that he wasn't doing to you what he did to Trump? Or maybe not-maybe Obama thought you were too much of a joke to merit his attention. Romney you are a loser with a capital L on your forehead. Just shut up already.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Venturer 5/17/2020 7:57:41 AM (No. 413409)
A faux President from Kenya with political and racial bias hired these IG's.
Why should not a real President fire them.?
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
mizzmac 5/17/2020 7:59:25 AM (No. 413410)
No, Mittens. The reason for these firings is the "threat to accountable democracy." The government has been infiltrated by bad actors who are trying to destroy the republic and transform it into a socialist's dream. (Aided by a former president and his rogue cabal.)
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Truth Czar 5/17/2020 8:00:35 AM (No. 413411)
What does Mittens Romney have in common with every single Democrat? .... Neither Mittens nor a Democrat will ever get my vote again.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
MOAB 5/17/2020 8:09:21 AM (No. 413423)
Slither back in your hole you snake!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 5/17/2020 8:16:39 AM (No. 413432)
The ghost of McCain speaks again.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Kafka2 5/17/2020 8:19:12 AM (No. 413436)
Once again, Mitt Romney is biting the hand that helped him get elected. If he had valid complaints, it would not be so bad. But, his attacks are without merit. I hope the people of Utah remove him in the primaries the next time he comes up for re-election.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 5/17/2020 8:23:15 AM (No. 413442)
Meanwhile, the BYU grads formerly known as Studio C takes yet another kitty-swipe at Trump....
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
MDConservative 5/17/2020 8:44:45 AM (No. 413464)
Running for President 2020...sort of. If PDT's poll numbers go south, watch for his post-GOP convention, "independent moderate" announcement.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
franq 5/17/2020 8:47:09 AM (No. 413468)
Feeling his oats, is he? What would Joseph Smith do?
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/17/2020 8:55:02 AM (No. 413481)
Pierre, did you say something?
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/17/2020 8:55:55 AM (No. 413483)
Pierre lost a debate and an election against a barely-coherent lightweight whose accountable democracy included theft, murder, treason and generous gifts to terrorist groups. He knows not of what he speaks.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
samoasam 5/17/2020 8:57:08 AM (No. 413486)
Pierre Delecto is the Derrière Perfecto!!
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
TJ54 5/17/2020 9:15:49 AM (No. 413500)
Twit McCain Romney can go to hell
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
padiva 5/17/2020 9:17:01 AM (No. 413502)
History will remember that this fool lost his bid for the presidency to the worst POTUS in USA history.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
hershey 5/17/2020 9:31:15 AM (No. 413516)
What #6 said..but in addition Trump should have sent US Marshal's into every Obama appointed office holder'a office and frog marched them out the door,stripped them of their badges and clearances, in their skivvies, with no cell phone, computer, SD card or data stick in their possession (hence the skivvies after a full body search)
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/17/2020 9:33:58 AM (No. 413519)
Someday I would like to know what Romney's real motives are in all this. What is it of his that Trump threatens? I would like to see Trump carry out that threat.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Casper27 5/17/2020 9:44:40 AM (No. 413535)
Can you imagine what kind of husband this man is to his wife? He won't let go whatever it is between himself and the President .
Look at your depleted self Romney. You now have a destroyed reputation and you are a pitiful person. You are to be shamed.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 5/17/2020 9:49:15 AM (No. 413538)
One of my great hopes is that we win big enough in November to gain a few more Senators and that Rummey can be relegated to being a hat rack in the coat room.
Rummey is a threat to sanity.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/17/2020 9:50:09 AM (No. 413541)
Note to J. Edward: if you meant to say Pierre DeLecto, you should have said so. I disremember any Romney Who.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
planetgeo 5/17/2020 9:57:10 AM (No. 413549)
Truly a hemorrhoid on the backside of the Republican Party.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Jobe 5/17/2020 10:09:42 AM (No. 413559)
How about Romney's gutlessness and inability to stand up for the principles of his own party are not only a danger to our way of life, they are also the ultimate in self-promotion. Romney thought that he could get the media to LIKE him and that they would say nice things about him if he bent over and let them drive him home. What a TOOL. My Dad would have said that Romney was "afraid to do and afraid to don't don't". I would just say that a Republican who crafts his campaign in such a way as to woo the media and the Left is a Republican who should be either ignored or actively campaigned against.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 5/17/2020 10:30:02 AM (No. 413575)
Why is Mitt parroting Democratic talking points? Because he is a closet Democrat! Really have to wonder whose payroll Mitt is on. It would be enlightening. McConnell needs to remove him from all committees. The RNC needs to kick him out of the Republican party. The good citizens of Utah need to recall Mitt and send him packing. Mitt is a backstabbing crook that should never be trusted with anything.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
Oysterhaven 5/17/2020 10:46:25 AM (No. 413596)
And Obama fired the AmeriCorp IG 5 months after being inaugurated. Must have wanted to run some sort of scam.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
starboard 5/17/2020 10:51:20 AM (No. 413600)
His shiny Bryl Cream look has worn off and we now see what was underneath the gloss. Frankly, I'm happy he lost in 2012 even if it meant 4 more years of Obama, because those 4 years gave us president Trump.
Romney is the new darling of the DC social circuit going to all the cocktail parties and lobbyist events. Does he ever go to Utah?
He turn out to be the quintessential Washington DC RINO and never to be trusted.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
bighambone 5/17/2020 10:52:05 AM (No. 413602)
It has been said for a longtime that the Republican Party is actually the “Stupid” Party. It’s long past time for serious Republicans to stop going on believing that they should be nice and play by the Marquis of Queensbury rules when dealing with leftist and liberal Democrat politicians and their appointees.
Mittens Romney is a very naive, wimpy, and is not in any way a street smart politician. That was easy to see when he allowed Candy Crowley and Barack Obama to essentially kick him into the dirty during a past Presidential debate. Romney is first and foremost a member of the globalist investor class and as such has no use for President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” political agenda.
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 5/17/2020 11:02:20 AM (No. 413614)
What good does it do to have the GOPe in control of the senate? We have Susan Collins and Mitt Romney ragging on Trump about firing a deep state IG, you have Lindsey Graham doing nothing, Richard Burr under investigation for stock fraud and Mitch McConnell letting it all happen.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
little guy 5/17/2020 11:19:26 AM (No. 413625)
Makes me wish I still had my collectable "Romney/Ryan" bumbersticker on my garage wall after I moved it off my car ... so I could take it down & tear it up again and then rip it up again ... and again ... and again!
Truly one of the few votes in my life I not only regret but I am embarrassed to mention!
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
NYbob 5/17/2020 11:23:31 AM (No. 413630)
#55, this corrupt slime is attempting the rat play of going hard on offense to cover up his deep involvement in the Ukraine money laundering. His son, just like biden's, was the bagman for daddy. Please talk more Mittens. Threaten Trump, belittle him. All of it hopefully fuels the decision to expose all the financial crimes associated with Ukraine.
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 5/17/2020 11:54:45 AM (No. 413678)
Mittens is an insufferable prig.
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
bobn.t 5/17/2020 12:29:16 PM (No. 413736)
Good ol rommney,
The biggest phony in america needs to crawl into a hole and never come out.
He hates trump. America loves Trump and despises romney
Go away romney - you loser
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 5/17/2020 12:45:52 PM (No. 413755)
Remember: He chose Paul Ryan as his running mate.
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Reply 70 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/17/2020 1:01:24 PM (No. 413770)
What an imbecile
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Reply 71 - Posted by:
or gate 5/17/2020 2:38:51 PM (No. 413854)
Trump knows that the deck is stacked.
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Reply 72 - Posted by:
AIRFORCE1 5/17/2020 3:55:56 PM (No. 413919)
the man is a total turncoat and loser, who cares what he says
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Reply 73 - Posted by:
IdahoJoe 5/17/2020 5:00:29 PM (No. 413958)
Just wanted to say that blaming the Mormons for Romney is like blaming the Catholics for Pelosi. He DID ride the Mormon train to power, but he is not very popular in Utah anymore.
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