Whatever you think of Sen. Mitt Romney’s vote on impeachment yesterday, Brian Riedl does have a point: Where the eff are all the apologizes from Dems who lied their a**es off in 2012 about him?
I advised the 2012 Romney campaign. The crazy smears leveled by top Democrats were unforgivable (slavery supporter, felon tax cheat, misogynist, murderer). Not "normal politics."
Many of those on that side declaring him an ethical hero today owe him an apology for that garbage.
— Brian Riedl (@Brian_Riedl) February 5, 2020
The one on the left is Mitt Romney in 2012, the one on the right is Mitt Romney today: PICK!
One of these guys is a dog hating, woman binding, murdering bully. The other is a courageous man of faith. pic.twitter.com/sVewgkBfOP
— Keep Calm and Carry (@johnnyfriegas) February 6, 2020
For example, here’s Sen. Brian Schatz who yesterday was brought to tears by Romney’s courage:
.@brianschatz, wiping tears from his eyes while Romney was speaking on the floor, tells me after why he is so emotional:
“Because we all need to believe that this place can work. It can only work if people put country over party. Romney did that.” https://t.co/4chmgEo8jk
— Julie Tsirkin (@julietsirkin) February 5, 2020
“Thank you, Mitt”:
Thank you, Mitt. You have restored my faith in the Senate and the idea that putting country over party is still possible.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 5, 2020
Now, here’s the then Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii back in 2012. It’s really weird how he never said anything nice about him!
Schatz was selected to fill Hawaii’s vacant Senate seat shortly after the election. Maybe he didn’t say anything nice about Romney then because he didn’t want to piss of Sen. Reid and thus never get the slot?
This goes especially for Harry Reid, who lied that Mitt Romney had paid no income taxes https://t.co/VCwMhB4ecX
— Lee Annis (@jleeannis) February 5, 2020
So, has a single Dem apologized for 2012?
100 percent agree with this. The accolades Romney is getting from those who smeared him is sickening. https://t.co/I93PPNmQeU
— Sad! (@GSFusionist) February 5, 2020
And we’ll note that one of the reason why Trump’s won over the GOP is because of how Romney was treated in 2012:
And a lot of that behavior led directly to the right’s embrace of Trump.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 6, 2020
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