Gloves Off: Mitt Slams RonJohn Ukraine Probe Comments As Illegitimate 'Political Exercise'

[Gothmog]

Link to tweet

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) slammed a Senate GOP probe into Joe Biden as a waste of taxpayer resources and a “political exercise” unfit for Congress on Wednesday.

Romney’s comment’s came one day after Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee chair Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told a Wisconsin radio station that “what our investigations are uncovering, I think, will reveal this is not somebody we should be electing president of the United States.”

Romney derided Johnson’s Ukraine investigation as having, “from the outset, had the earmarks of a political exercise, and I’m fearful that comments made in the media recently have only confirmed that perspective.”

“It’s the province of campaigns and political parties, opposition research, the media, to carry out political endeavors to learn about or dust up one’s opponent,” Romney added, in comments made directly to Johnson. “But it’s not the legitimate role of government, for Congress or for taxpayer expense, to be used as an effort to damage political opponents.”

[Takket]

1. Duh

[The Magistrate]

2. While He Is Probably Just Positioning Himself For 2024, Sir

It is good that he has said this, just as it is good he voted to convict on impeachment. A good trimmer can often do the right thing....


"Good policy is good politics."

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Man,did you nail it.

Willard just tacked another stripe on his GOP Run as you say.

[BComplex]

36. The bad news is, the republicans will never vote for him. Their cult is too far gone.

The republican base has fallen off the rails altogether. They're going to want to run QAnon himself/herself/itself.

[Wellstone ruled]

37. Depends,not diapers,

Willard has a Missionary Army at his ready. How do you think we got Orin Hatch,Willard Romney,Bob Bishop,Jeff Flake,Jason Chaffetz,and others. Know the power of this Army,worked Southern Utah Campaigns. And this Army is National as well as world wide.

[malaise]

6. THIS

Truth

[c-rational]

17. Well said.

[calimary]

34. Yep. Self-interest will ALWAYS be a GOP North Star.

Glad Romney said this, but he’s still a republi-CON.

Talk is mighty cheap these days, Mitt.

[Skraxx]

3. Good For Romney, He's Doing The Right Thing

[suegeo]

13. Nope, he's doing the sneaky snake thing

He knows there is a pattern to turn the hearings into a circus/campaign event for the GOPee.

Yet, Romney, as a member of the committee that Johnson chairs, Mitt the shit voted along party lines to let Johnson conduct his witchhunt.

He knew the pattern, yet he voted for it anyway. That's far cry from doing the right thing.

[wryter2000]

4. Now that we know the "evidence" came from a Russian spy

Will anyone with a brain take Johnson's "investigations" seriously?

[spanone]

7. ummmmm the media?

[kysrsoze]

8. Good for him, pushing for decency. He's apparently the last holdout in that party. The rest are

cowards and opportunists.

[suegeo]

16. Nope Romney's a dirty partisan pig most def. not pushing for decency.

He's on the committee that voted YES to having dipshit Johnson start his "investigation." He knew there is a developing pattern to turn the hearings into fodder for campaigns to use.

He voted yes KNOWING that it would turn into a witch hunt.

[msongs]

9. zzzzzzzzzzzz this trump supporting hypocrite oughta write a sternly worded letter nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. Not a big fan of Mitt

but his criticism here helps Biden. Of course, what ROJO is pushing is definitely hogwash but Mitt, a Republican, saying it too helps give Biden some immunity to these partisan attacks.

[suegeo]

14. Mitt's on the committee and voted for the scam investigation

Mitt's part of the launch of the partisan attacks. If he were not a part of the launch, there would be no need for Biden to be immunized in the first place.

He shouldn't have voted for an investigation that he knew would be turned into a witch hunt. He voted yes because he wants this shit to be used against Biden.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. I guess I missed that

Why did he vote for it if he thinks it's a scam?

[suegeo]

28. Mitt voted for it because he KNEW it would provide partisan campaign material.

He voted for it because he WANTED it to turn into campaign fodder against Biden.

Here's the link to the OP that said that committee members voted for dipshit Johnson's investigation along partisan lines.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142583207

Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to greenlight subpoenas and depositions as part of an investigation into the FBI’s Russia probe and the Obama administration.

Here's a link to show the members of said Committee (note Mitt's ugly mug.)
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about]

In the TPM piece, where the (not) tough guy Romney has taken off the gloves (jesus wept), he admits he knew there was a pattern to having committee hearings turn into mechanism to churn out shit that can be flung against Biden.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/gloves-off-mitt-slams-ronjohn-ukraine-probe-comments-as-illegitimate-political-exercise]

A separate investigation into different, unsubstantiated allegations that Obama administration officials interfered with intelligence reports around Russian interference in the 2016 election during the presidential transition to Trump would be okay, Romney said, so far as it stayed focused on allegations made by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

“I do think it’s very important that the committees of Congress, and ours in particular, not fall into an increasing pattern that were seeing which is using taxpayer dollars and the powers of Congress to do political work – that’s the role of campaigns,” he added.

The asshole knew it would stir the shit, SO HE VOTED FOR IT. It's what he wants. Don't listen to what he says, watch what he does.

ON EDIT: Do listen to what he says. More importantly, watch what he actually does. Then 2+2 = what he is saying is a bunch of lies.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

35. Disregard what I just said

[soothsayer]

11. It's more serious than "political exercise" @SenRonJohnson has been working with long known Kremlin

Link to tweet

?s=21


Olga Lautman
@OlgaNYC1211
.@SenatorRomney
It's more serious than "political exercise"
@SenRonJohnson has been working with long known Kremlin operatives in Ukraine for a year to attack our upcoming elections on behalf of Putin. Last time I checked that's a crime

[suegeo]

12. Romney's on the committee that voted for this campaign event

Romney's not honorable or decent. He's on the committee that voted 8-6 for this "hearing" (campaign event). If he were truly a good guy (instead of a fascist pig) he'd have sided with the Democrats leaving the vote at 7-7.

Sure sure he can try and hide behind his statement

A separate investigation into different, unsubstantiated allegations that Obama administration officials interfered with intelligence reports around Russian interference in the 2016 election during the presidential transition to Trump would be okay, Romney said, so far as it stayed focused on allegations made by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

“I do think it’s very important that the committees of Congress, and ours in particular, not fall into an increasing pattern that were seeing which is using taxpayer dollars and the powers of Congress to do political work – that’s the role of campaigns,” he added.

So he sees the pattern but votes for it anyway. And now he's shocked, SHOCKED that it's becoming a campaign event. Fucking spare me Mitt. And fuck the dude who wrote the headline "Gloves off". Mitt's such a tough guy, ah nope, he's not.

For what it's worth, the nazis on the committee are:
Dipshit Ron Johnson
Rob Portman
Asshole with his own Russia connections Rand Paul
James Lankford
Mitt Romney (not a stand up guy)
Rick Scott (jesus wept)
Mike Enzi
Josh Hawley

[oasis]

15. Mitt may be on a campaign to expose "free chickens" like Sen.Johnson.

Slow purge the GOP of Russia influence.

[Poiuyt]

19. I hope people know that not everyone from Wisconsin is like Johnson

He's an embarrassment to the state.

[cp]

20. Ron "Fishlips" Johnson has never answered what he was doing in Moscow July 4, 2018

Does not respond to his constituents, ever.

[usaf-vet]

23. EVER! No phone, no FAX, no letters. A secure sycophant.

[Botany]

24. "What he was doing in Moscow July 4, 2018" .... I would guess Kompromat

Putin might have got a video of him in a bath tub of warm oatmeal as a S.&M. girl in black
cowboy hat spanks him and tells him to call her, "boss lady."

Johnson knows that Putin/Russia put him back into the Senate in 2016. Russ Feingold was
@ > 90% of winning back his seat.

[usaf-vet]

21. First of all RoJo is the name Wisconsin voters call the (R) sycophant. RonJohn shows to much.....

..... undeserved respect.

[nattyice]

22. I get the feeling Mitt's going to end up in Biden's cabinet, not sure why

Maybe Secretary of State?

[Cozmo]

25. Oh please, Mitt Actions speak louder than words

What are YOU gonna do about it?

[Lonestarblue]

26. Johnson announced back in 2018 that he will not be running again in 2022.

Assuming he sticks to that decision, Wisconsin will have an open Senate seat in 2022. As soon as this election is over, the DNC needs to start grooming a couple of good candidates for that seat and helping them get name recognition. Republicans might choose slime-ball Scott Walker, though surely Wisconsin voters are tired of him by now.

[Pepsidog]

27. Romney showing a tiny sign of a spine.

[Hekate]

29. Mitt is doing the right thing. Dispute his motives if you want, but it is the right thing.

The person who has already contributed a dozen negative reactions can just please pass me by.

[CaptainTruth]

30. Mitts Off?

[sandensea]

31. Romney KNOWS what he should do: File as an Independent

And he'd have to caucus with Democrats whether he wants to or not, since all GOPee doors would be closed to him from that point on.

They probably pretty much already are.

[SayItLoud]

32. Well this just confirms the end of September/October tRUMP surprise. I wish

@Biden team get ahead of it and doesn't come out with defense, justifications etc.

[UTUSN]

33. K&R for, ah, am having nostalgia for my own late blooming (in other things)!1

[StClone]

38. Ron Johnson, one our best in brightest from WI