Mitt Romney points out double standards within the GOP
Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, pointed to what he saw as double standards within his own party after GOP lawmakers complained about the growing national debt, concerns that were largely ignored under the administration of former President Donald Trump.
During a Tuesday interview with the Utah Politics podcast, Romney said that Republicans were "spending massively" when they controlled the government. The moderate GOP senator also highlighted that members of his party are now frustrated that Democrats are ready to pass President Joe Biden's massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the Senate budget reconciliation process, despite Republicans doing the same thing with key priorities when they controlled the House and Senate.
"There's no question that if you begin doing things which break precedent or break tradition, the other side is going to do that when they're in charge," Romney said. "When we've put a tax program on that basis that did not require any Democrat votes through reconciliation, we have a difficult time explaining why we're not happy with what they would be doing at this stage."
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"When we had a Republican president and House and Senate, we kept on spending massively and adding almost a trillion dollars a year to the national debt. Now we say this is outrageous adding so much to the debt? They say we did the same thing when we were in charge. It does show that you have to be consistent in your arguments," the Republican senator said.
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