Romney: Trump's refusal to disavow QAnon is part of "alarming pattern" in politics
Source: Axios
The big picture: Romney's statement, which only specifically singled out the president, was similar to one he issued earlier this week ultimately criticizing people across the political spectrum for their refusal "to forcefully and convincingly repudiate" divisive and conspiratorial groups.
What he's saying: "The president's unwillingness to denounce an absurd and dangerous conspiracy theory last night continues an alarming pattern: politicians and parties refuse to forcefully and convincingly repudiate groups like antifa, white supremacists and conspiracy peddlers."
"Similarly troubling is their silence regarding anti-vaxxers, militias, and anarchists. Rather than expel the rabid fringes and the extremes, they have coddled or adopted them, eagerly trading their principles for the hope of electoral victories. As the parties rush down a rabbit hole, they may be opening a door to a political movement that could eventually eclipse them both."
Read more: https://www.axios.com/mitt-romney-trump-qanon-83d36061-15d3-40a5-8d6e-6431165b36f3.html
Voltaire2
(12,624 posts)Until that massive knob endorses Biden he is just another fascist enabler.
SharonClark
(10,005 posts)dchill
(38,320 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)No one wants to hear your blather.
agingdem
(7,756 posts)Mittens is alarmed...Susie is concerned...Ben Sasse is damn mad...and then Mitch scolds the children and they line up like good little boys and girls...
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)in his own Neighborhood,he lives in the breading ground of these Suckers.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)living in the state he represents for a change?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Sounds like he spends his Legislative time at his Home in Mass.
hlthe2b
(101,714 posts)Come on Romney, you can do it. The water's great!
madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)Ben Sasse can join too.
Forget these weasels. Their actions speak louder than their words. They have continued to enable and bolster a fascist monster because they are weaklings who do not have any courage.
Canoe52
(2,944 posts)liberal N proud
(60,300 posts)He calls this alarming but going to let the cult leader install one of his radical justices.
bucolic_frolic
(42,666 posts)All the rest are just mad at those who stole their money
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)He votes to impeach THEN continues to SUPPORT him? Once he votes to impeach RUMP he should NOT be supporting an impeached idiot!
stillcool
(32,626 posts)but he's become a measurable source of agitation. If only he realized, he is not going to be President.
ScratchCat
(1,957 posts)Has "coddled" or "adopted" antifa or any perceived "left wing" conspiracy group. Good effing grief with the bothsiderism nonsense. Sometimes, it IS just one side. And this is one those times.
riversedge
(69,719 posts)maxrandb
(15,188 posts)and he'll have reached 4 Susans and half a Murcaskie on the concern meter
Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)The Johnny-Come-Lately Club (or would that be Donnie-Come-Lately Club)? Whaddya think?
Members:
Mitt Romney (Halfway Harry on impeachment and now mildly concerned but carefully pulling his punches)
Chris Christie (Oh, NOW you tell me about COVID...)
Maine's Madam Milquetoastian, Susan "So Concerned" Collins
Michael Cohen (he had to go to prison for the truth to break through)
Governor Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, R-MD. Says he's voting for Ronald Reagan this year. Yes. THIS year. Can't bring himself to vote for a Dem.
Btw, this club has its own theme song! Just cue the 10-second chicken-clucking sound effect!
On edit - how could I have forgotten the newly-outraged Senator Ben Sasse, R-NE? SHEESH!
Corrected HERE, cuz I did start a separate thread on this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214301409
maxsolomon
(32,984 posts)If he got out of his bubble he might learn a thing or 2.
Javaman
(62,439 posts)you lousy spineless piece of shit. you're words have no value good or bad. you just fill an empty space and use up valuable resources that several dozen people otherwise could use.
msongs
(67,193 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)ananda
(28,782 posts)Uh huh
AKing
(511 posts)that will make other far right networks like Fox or One America look reasonable. We need a progressive TV channel now more than ever.
barbtries
(28,702 posts)YOUR party. look at your church. false equivalencies drive me apeshit.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)will vote to confirm QAnon to the US SC.
Gore1FL
(21,030 posts)Please proceed, (Senator).
Initech
(99,913 posts)And a very dangerous and scary one at that. They're aided and abetted by Fox News, Infowars, OAN, and 24/7 AM hate radio. It's going to get really ugly if Trump loses.
StClone
(11,677 posts)Looks lopsiderist to me!
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ProfessorGAC
(64,415 posts)Good call reposting it!
Speaks volumes.
Also, when I saw it earlier, IIRC, 60 something percent of that 26% happened in a handful of events.
So, as a % of homicidal events, the RWNJ number is even higher than 71%.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,644 posts)is it for real ?
You were not concerned when this person
Paid off a pornstar ?
Bragged about Sexual assault ?
Was impeached ? vote guilty on one charge, but not the other ? WTF
Is in debt to his ears and won't disclose to who or whom ?
Is a massive avoider of paying his share of his taxas ?
You are a republican hack, just like the rest. none of you care about your country only your party
ananda
(28,782 posts)Give me a BFB!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)You're an enabler cut from the same cloth as the other concerned pseudo-citizen, Susan Collins.
Either blast your party and your party alone and show signs that you will not countenance the very things you're alarmed about, or just shut the merry fuck up you damned co-conspirator.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)absolutely correct.
DallasNE
(7,392 posts)For that argument things would have to be somewhat equal - 50-50. They're not. They are more like 95-05 so Romney needs to wake up -- maybe stop watching Fox News. Romney just has no chops.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)Trump trips over a cat and they all think they are supposed to trip over a cat.
It's that simple, Mittens.