Trump critic Mitt Romney along with a group of other GOP Senators will meet with President Trump today for lunch at the White House:
.@CBSNews has learned this afternoon @realDonaldTrump is expected to have lunch with @MittRomney @SenatorCollins @ChuckGrassley @RandPaul @SenJohnHoeven @SenatorIsakson @SenatorLankford @SenCapito at the White House. @CBSNews
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) November 21, 2019
And this has libs dreaming of a scenario where Sen. Romney tells President Trump there are enough votes in the Senate to kick him out of office:
I have a theory.
My theory is that Mitt is going to tell Trump that he has a number of Senators in his pocket ready to vote to impeach.
And that he will announce his support for impeachment unless Trump resigns.
Bookmark it. https://t.co/XJIMLxIqwc
— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (@ECMcLaughlin) November 21, 2019
“Bookmark it,” she says. Although Mitt himself told reporters that he will not talk about impeachment even if others bring it up:
Q: Planning on trying to avoid speaking about impeachment during lunch at the WH?
ROMNEY: “I’m not going to be speaking about the impeachment at all.”
Q: If the conversation comes to that?
ROMNEY: “I’ll listen like I listen to the TV, but I’m not going to make any comments.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 21, 2019
Instead, the Utah Republican will talk about banning flavored vaping liquids:
From colleague Jason Donner. Romney on lunch mtg at WH: If I get a chance to offer some comments it'll be with regards to vaping, and the need to ban vaping flavors..I'm not going to be speaking about the impeachment at all.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 21, 2019
Classic Mitt. He has a chance to speak truth to power and he takes a pass:
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Public health should always come before politics. The Administration must follow through on its promise to ban vaping flavors. Glad @US_FDA Commissioner nominee Dr. Hahn supports “bold action” to reduce youth vaping—hope he keeps that commitment if confirmed. pic.twitter.com/stGRVY8Pe6
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) November 20, 2019
Oh, and the “bookmark it” lady? Now that she’s found out why Mitt is at the White House it’s “jury tampering”:
So it turns out Trump invited a number of senators for a sit-down, which is once again the equivalent of jury tampering at this moment in time.
After Hill and Holmes’ testimony today, however, a conversation about the President’s future is doubtless coming. The question is when.
— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (@ECMcLaughlin) November 21, 2019
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