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brooklynite

(93,851 posts)
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:00 PM Oct 2020

Romney: Trump's refusal to disavow QAnon is part of "alarming pattern" in politics

Source: Axios

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Friday that President Trump's refusal to condemn QAnon, a sprawling, far-right conspiracy theory, during an NBC town hall was indicative of an "alarming pattern" in today's politics.

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
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Romney: Trump's refusal to disavow QAnon is part of "alarming pattern" in politics (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
And he both-sides it once again. Voltaire2 Oct 2020 #1
Agree 100% SharonClark Oct 2020 #3
He's also 'part of "alarming pattern".' dchill Oct 2020 #7
Yep. I can feel his "concern" from 1,000 miles away. n/t Laelth Oct 2020 #11
And he's going to vote for that handmaiden loon to occupy The Supreme Court. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #15
Yeah, it is kinda concerning - and possibly troubling dalton99a Oct 2020 #2
Shut up, Mittens! Miguelito Loveless Oct 2020 #4
ditto! agingdem Oct 2020 #13
Willard needs to get out more Wellstone ruled Oct 2020 #5
You mean he's actually Mr.Bill Oct 2020 #32
Depends on the Season of the Year. Wellstone ruled Oct 2020 #33
a second toe in the water... He's nothing if not "cautious"... hlthe2b Oct 2020 #6
Mitt Romney and Susan Collins are going to establish their own "Concern Club." madaboutharry Oct 2020 #8
+1,000 Canoe52 Oct 2020 #26
Romney plays both side of the coin liberal N proud Oct 2020 #9
Banks, venture capital, and hedge funds are the real conspiracy bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #10
SO tired of this fuckers BACK and FORTH! bluestarone Oct 2020 #12
I've never liked him... stillcool Oct 2020 #14
No Democratic politician ScratchCat Oct 2020 #16
yes. well said. riversedge Oct 2020 #18
One more "tsk-tsk" from the guy whose sister with a different last name runs the RNC maxrandb Oct 2020 #17
Mitt Susan Romney - concern duly noted Le Roi de Pot Oct 2020 #19
Hmmm... I'm thinking of starting a list. I may make a separate thread of it. calimary Oct 2020 #41
Antifa is in no way equivalent to QAnon. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #20
fuck off mittens Javaman Oct 2020 #21
not LBN nt msongs Oct 2020 #22
hmmm llashram Oct 2020 #23
Yet he's still voting for Conehead for SCOTUS. ananda Oct 2020 #24
I predict that after he loses Trump will set up his own Qanon type TV conspiracy network... AKing Oct 2020 #25
look at barbtries Oct 2020 #27
And yet Rmoney. . . Iliyah Oct 2020 #28
Romney must have forgotten when he brought up a Benghazi conspiracy theory in a debate. Gore1FL Oct 2020 #29
Conservative politics are becoming a cult. Initech Oct 2020 #30
Hey who is the "both" Mitt? Bothsiderism NOT! StClone Oct 2020 #31
I've Seen That Graph Before ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #42
Thx for your concern Mittens ?? RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #34
Romney trying to be relevant again? ananda Oct 2020 #35
You put an -R next to your name, Mitt, and you're part of the problem Mr. Ected Oct 2020 #36
Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #37
More Both Sides Bullshit DallasNE Oct 2020 #38
The disturbing pattern is this: Trump leads and the GOP follows world wide wally Oct 2020 #39
"Politics?" No, Republican Party Mitt. BlueNProud Oct 2020 #40
Meanwhile Shitt is all for appointing Amy Conehead. NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #43

Voltaire2

(12,624 posts)
1. And he both-sides it once again.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:01 PM
Oct 2020

Until that massive knob endorses Biden he is just another fascist enabler.

agingdem

(7,756 posts)
13. ditto!
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:28 PM
Oct 2020

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...

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
6. a second toe in the water... He's nothing if not "cautious"...
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:04 PM
Oct 2020


Come on Romney, you can do it. The water's great!

madaboutharry

(40,150 posts)
8. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins are going to establish their own "Concern Club."
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:06 PM
Oct 2020

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.

liberal N proud

(60,300 posts)
9. Romney plays both side of the coin
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:08 PM
Oct 2020

He calls this alarming but going to let the cult leader install one of his radical justices.

bucolic_frolic

(42,666 posts)
10. Banks, venture capital, and hedge funds are the real conspiracy
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:08 PM
Oct 2020

All the rest are just mad at those who stole their money

bluestarone

(16,720 posts)
12. SO tired of this fuckers BACK and FORTH!
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:09 PM
Oct 2020

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)
14. I've never liked him...
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:33 PM
Oct 2020

but he's become a measurable source of agitation. If only he realized, he is not going to be President.

ScratchCat

(1,957 posts)
16. No Democratic politician
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:41 PM
Oct 2020

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.

maxrandb

(15,188 posts)
17. One more "tsk-tsk" from the guy whose sister with a different last name runs the RNC
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:54 PM
Oct 2020

and he'll have reached 4 Susans and half a Murcaskie on the concern meter

calimary

(80,693 posts)
41. Hmmm... I'm thinking of starting a list. I may make a separate thread of it.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:37 PM
Oct 2020

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

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
21. fuck off mittens
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:12 PM
Oct 2020

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.

AKing

(511 posts)
25. I predict that after he loses Trump will set up his own Qanon type TV conspiracy network...
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:44 PM
Oct 2020

that will make other far right networks like Fox or One America look reasonable. We need a progressive TV channel now more than ever.

Gore1FL

(21,030 posts)
29. Romney must have forgotten when he brought up a Benghazi conspiracy theory in a debate.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:31 PM
Oct 2020

Please proceed, (Senator).

Initech

(99,913 posts)
30. Conservative politics are becoming a cult.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:32 PM
Oct 2020

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.

ProfessorGAC

(64,415 posts)
42. I've Seen That Graph Before
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:55 PM
Oct 2020

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)
34. Thx for your concern Mittens ??
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:02 PM
Oct 2020

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

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
36. You put an -R next to your name, Mitt, and you're part of the problem
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:14 PM
Oct 2020

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.

DallasNE

(7,392 posts)
38. More Both Sides Bullshit
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:40 PM
Oct 2020

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)
39. The disturbing pattern is this: Trump leads and the GOP follows
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:21 PM
Oct 2020

Trump trips over a cat and they all think they are supposed to trip over a cat.
It's that simple, Mittens.

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