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Romney on possible Trump retribution: ‘I would take him at his word’
The Hill ^ | 09/25/2024 | Sarah Fortinsky
Posted on 09/25/2024 12:49:40 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said former President Trump should be taken seriously when he pledges to go after his political enemies if elected to another term in office.
“I think he has shown by his prior actions that you can take him at his word,” Romney told The Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins in an interview published Tuesday.
“So, I would take him at his word,” he added.
The remarks followed a conversation in which, according to Coppins, it became clear Romney had spent some time thinking about Trump’s threats to direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to go after his political opponents.
Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee for president, has during his time in the Senate bucked his own party on occasion and criticized the former president when he deemed it appropriate. In 2020, he became the first senator to vote to convict an impeached president of his own party. In 2021, after Trump was impeached for the second time, six other Republican senators joined him in voting to convict Trump.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: retribution; romney; trump; word
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Magic undies spent time thinking about Trumps threats??? Get bent you idiot.
To: ChicagoConservative27
Usually, you can take him at his word...
ANOTHER reason to vote for him
2 posted on 09/25/2024 12:52:35 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: ChicagoConservative27
I hope everyone can take him at his word, as he didn’t say anything about going after political enemies, but said he was going after the criminals.
I suspect Willard is somewhat concerned about his son’s gig with Burisma.
3 posted on 09/25/2024 12:56:40 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
To: ChicagoConservative27
Willard is still butt hurt from how Trump had him groveling at his feet for the Secretary of State job in his administration and then punked him on it.
4 posted on 09/25/2024 12:57:14 PM PDT by ninonitti
To: ChicagoConservative27
I think he promised to go after law breakers. That Venn diagram basically overlays his political enemies so it is probably a distinction without a difference.
5 posted on 09/25/2024 12:58:10 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
To: ChicagoConservative27
The 80s called, Mitt. They want their foreign policy back.
6 posted on 09/25/2024 12:58:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
My favorite picture of Romney captures the expressions on both his and Trump’s faces as Romney leaves an obviously unsuccessful job interview with Trump.
Priceless.
7 posted on 09/25/2024 12:59:13 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAXted)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Romney is searching for respect in all the wrong places.
8 posted on 09/25/2024 12:59:45 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
To: ChicagoConservative27
This article is completely invalid. Trump is not going after the likes of Romney, he's going for the corrupt FIB, and the likes of Comey, Stroke and McCabe. Romney thinks a little too highly of himself.
9 posted on 09/25/2024 1:00:15 PM PDT by NavyShoe
To: ChicagoConservative27
Retribution?
Trump is interested in law and order
If that happens to fall on someone who went after Trump under false pretenses then that same BS reasoning get put onto Trump’s motivations?
That is so sick. These sick people are in charge
How can ANYONE in their right mind not want Trump back in?
10 posted on 09/25/2024 1:00:53 PM PDT by stanne
To: ChicagoConservative27
I would take Mitt for a Turd.
11 posted on 09/25/2024 1:02:02 PM PDT by FlipWilson
To: ChicagoConservative27
So keeping your word is in Romney’s opinion a negative?
12 posted on 09/25/2024 1:02:11 PM PDT by dblshot
To: Mr. K
Oh yeah, Rumney, just like Trump went after Hitllary in 2017. You are not only a has-been, Mutt; you are also a never-were...
13 posted on 09/25/2024 1:04:00 PM PDT by PerConPat (The politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
To: Mr. K
Exactly... Politicians lie their azz off and can never be trusted.
14 posted on 09/25/2024 1:05:11 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: ninonitti
"Willard is still butt hurt from how Trump had him groveling at his feet for the Secretary of State job in his administration and then punked him on it."
Bishop Morscum thought he had it made and had plans to hamstring Trump the moment he sat down at SoS.
Romney ought to be one of the first to appear before a TrumpII Article III domestic tribunal and be given the choice of Imprisonment or the revival of the Roman rite of Exile.
Permanent. Loss. Of. US. Citizenship. Escorted to FederalEx planes fueled up and waiting to permanently transport him and his family to whatever country that will have them, with the sure promise of eternal US tracking of their domicile abroad, and rapid arrest and the serving of a full sentence if they ever set foot on US soil anywhere again in their lifetimes.
15 posted on 09/25/2024 1:05:39 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Hey communist hill. He did not pledge to go after his political enemies. He said he would go after criminals who used their power to commit crimes. If Trump goes after someone then will be a real crime involved. Unlike what the left is doing to him.
16 posted on 09/25/2024 1:06:51 PM PDT by Revel
To: ChicagoConservative27
I believe Trump said his best revenge would be American success. I take him at his word, too!
To: ChicagoConservative27
Wonder how many people would say that about Mr. Romney.
18 posted on 09/25/2024 1:12:04 PM PDT by xoxox
To: ChicagoConservative27
I utterly despise Romney and I’m a 1,000% Trumper. BUT, I will not support “going after” just ANYBODY (like the human debris of Biden’s inner circle love to do).
IF and ONLY IF they have a rock solid and SIGNIFICANT case against some low life democrat, I will support an EFFECTIVE prosecution in a real court with a fair and balanced judge.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, I have no doubt there are marxists and RINO’s that have broken significant laws and that SHOULD BE prosecuted.
19 posted on 09/25/2024 1:15:20 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
To: ChicagoConservative27
Fear, lies and delusions. That’s all they have. It would be quite an amazing experiment to live in Mutt’s head for one short hour. What could possibly drive this Clown? Military industrial complex dough?
20 posted on 09/25/2024 1:17:38 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2024)
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