Mitt Romney takes part in protest supporting Black Lives Matter near White House

[George II]

Source: NBC News

June 7, 2020, 6:18 PM EDT / Updated June 7, 2020, 7:20 PM EDT

By Allan Smith, Haley Talbot and Ali Vitali

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, joined demonstrators on Sunday marching to the White House in protest of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.

The protest consisted of about 1,000 protesters marching through Washington, D.C.

Link to tweet

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This has GOT to get under the thin skin of the Orangutan.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Mitt was born into a religion that was racist as part of their structure, it was official they

were racists.

What he has done here however, is good.

Is he still a problem politically for the rest of us, yes. But I will take the win here.

This is what we want, this is what we need to happen.

[nature-lover]

2. Get ready for the tweet and possibly a new nickname.

[cstanleytech]

3. Mitt is hedging his bets and trying to position himself as a "sane" Republican

but I would never vote for him.

[oldsoftie]

6. What of the choice was him or trump?

i would

[cstanleytech]

9. He would have to be a registered Democrat as if he goes independent it would only be

to try and dilute the vote and siphon off voters from voting for whatever Democrat was running.

[not fooled]

18. +++++++++++

he's currently scheming behind closed doors to accomplish the puke dream of destroying Social Security -- see the laughably named "TRUST Act." They are gonna try to get it through before red don (and possibly the puke majority in the Senate) get booted out.

[cstanleytech]

22. Without control of the House they do not stand a chance as long as the Democrats stand firm and

I do not see them wavering as they would be cutting their own throats if they agreed to rolling grandma off a cliff.

[not fooled]

24. That's good news

but is there any form of legislative sleight-of-hand, executive order etc. they could employ to get their scheme enacted? Romney's scam would enable cuts to be fast-tracked so in future there would be less chance to oppose sequential destruction. I just know how desperate the puke sociopaths are to gut SS and Medicare and how devious they are, and a few Senate Dems to their shame are going along...

[cstanleytech]

27. Can they try that? Sure but executive orders have limits and the Republicans sleight of hand tricks

via legislation will again have to be approved by the House as well which still has a Democratic majority.
Now if I was Pelosi and I really wanted to pull a sleight of hand trick on the Republicans as payback I would offer them a deal of letting them pass a bill to suspend the ACA for a 5 year period as a test.
Here me out, the trick is that it Pelosi will agree to let it pass but it will be without any Democrats taking part but only if the Republicans can get atleast 50% of their people to vote to do it.
Either way the Republicans would be shooting themselves in the foot with the voters before election because they campaigned for years on nullifying the ACA so if they vote yes to rolling grandma off a cliff they hurt themselves and if they vote no they hurt themselves but either way its a win win for the Democrats.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Hope Mitt meets up with a Democratic Senator or two

It's time to have a dialogue on things we can agree on.

[not fooled]

25. Sinema and Manchin are in with mitt

on the TRUST act.

[sheshe2]

5. Credit where credit is due.

Now do MORE.

[Docreed2003]

13. 👆...all of this

[nakocal]

7. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons

Romney may be doing the right thing now, but I do not trust him. My belief is that he is doing this in order to place himself in a position to run for president is Trump finally pulls out or loses too much republican support. He is not doing this because he is a good person.

[ArizonaLib]

8. Vulture capitalist

Cause of most current economic problems for minorities. The least he could do to show he cares is to start writing checks and stop eliminating jobs.

[Rebl2]

11. For sure

He is also on board with cutting Social Security and Medicare.

[not fooled]

26. He's a financial gangster

dressed up in a nice suit and bishop's robes.

[cstanleytech]

23. Bingo!!

[Rebl2]

10. Not

buying it.

[Docreed2003]

12. Good on Mitt

But this is a start, this isn't your destination. You want to take a stand, then lead on this and you might earn some respect.

[sheshe2]

17. +1

[mpcamb]

32. Agree. He's seventy something and not going to run again. He's thinking

about his image, his dad, his country, one might impute.
His hatred of trump should run as deep as ours, unless you've been personally taken to lunch only for the sake of being insulted by the pig excretion posing as president.
I can see it more as a statesman-like late-in-life gesture of a middle of the road guy who sees the rot and evil of someone to his right. Someday we'll need guys like that.

Naive? My kids tell me there's no r conspiracy too far-fetched to get my nod of approval, but I see Romney as an old-school guy who might someday reach across the aisle, making him a better prospect than anybody else in the Senate with an r attached to their name.

[Bengus81]

14. Pfffttt...and Mitt probably had a Rubiks cube too

Sorry...not buying it

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. This will rip Trump.

He can't call Mitt out for marching with the protesters.

He must be steaming. I hope his head explodes.

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. Go away, Mittens

If Trump offered you a job, you would defending him without shame.

[VarryOn]

19. He's trying to play both sides...

See impeachment vote.

[DeminPennswoods]

20. George Romney was a liberal Republican, iirc,

back when Rs were a lot more liberal and Dems were a lot more conservative.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

21. Thanks Mitt !

[Ford_Prefect]

28. Mitt is an opportunist poser just like Shrub. He has no depth, only that expensive smile.

He's angling to be the next GOP president or at least party leader. He's also not fond of Mitch, or so I was told. Although that's because Mitt is a take charge kinda guy, rather than that he's against Mitch's agenda.

[TomCADem]

29. Mr. Self-Deport Says What?

Romney’s own racist 2012 race helped pave the way to Trump.

[poli-junkie]

30. Mitt's an opportunist. I do not trust, nor believe, him.

[TheNewNumberTwo]

31. #f***TheGOPs

This would mean a lot more if:

1) his statement of 'not seeking recognition' weren't completely undermined by this being a SELFIE;

2) he wasn't already leading the charge in the Senate to completely disembowel Social Security and similiar programs to help 'balance the budget' - on the backs of the same people he claims 'matter';

3) he didn't already vote for nearly everything else Dump has promoted the past 3+ years save for only *part* of impeachment - including the double-fatcat tax cut (once overtly, the second time in the stimulus bill) that CREATED the fiscal crisis in the first place and like every other time, never 'paid for itself';

in other words, actions speak louder than selfies, Rom-Nuts!

[Vogon_Glory]

33. I'm not one of Mitt-sie's fans, BUT

I will say that he shows a lot more guts than his cowering Republican senatorial colleagues who are either making themselves or, in one or two cases, clutching their pearls.

That still doesn't mean I'll vote for him. I still remember his 47% comment, his drift to the right, and his business career as a vulture capitalist, but I will give him for showing political bravery that his colleagues lack.