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Utah GOP boos Mitt Romney at state convention

2021-05-03

[NYPOST] A crowd of over 2,000 GOP delegates booed "traitor" Willard Mitt Romney, aka Pierre Delecto
...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012, now Senator from Utah. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals. He is currently a trans Republican and a member in good standing of the Never Trump Party, attempting to assume the mantle of the late John McCain...
Saturday as the Utah senator addressed his party’s 2021 state convention, where a censure over his two impeachment votes narrowly failed to pass.

"Aren’t you embarrassed?" Romney said as he was greeted with a chorus of catcalls when he took the stage at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

"I’m a man who says what he means, and you know I was not a fan of our last president’s character issues," said Romney, who was loudly reminded that he was the only Republican senator to vote to convict former President Donald Trump

...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
in his first impeachment, and one of seven to vote to convict in the second impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Delegates tried to shout Romney down, calling him a "traitor" and "communist."

Romney, 74, stood his ground. "You can boo all you like," the former governor of Massachusetts said. "I’ve been a Republican all of my life. My dad was the governor of Michigan and I was the Republican nominee for president in 2012."

The party rejected a motion, 798-711, to censure Romney for his pair of impeachment votes.

Posted by:Fred

#10 He had one big hit, Staples.

Exactly.

That said, would rotten tomatoes have been out of order here?

Posted by: Raj 2021-05-03 15:46

#9 He made IIRC 67 investments and 63 of them either went belly up or barely returned his initial investment. He had one big hit, Staples.

Most of his earnings came from paying dividends to himself and his partners out of the acquired companies' cash flows. A scam artist, basically.

Posted by: Sonny Lumumba4876 2021-05-03 14:17

#8 He rode the coattails of many businesses that were already successful when he and Bain Capital bought them up. They were already successful not because of him.

Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-05-03 13:56

#7 I’ve been a Republican all of my life.
A prince, born to The Show.

My dad was the governor of Michigan
I suspect Mitt has been riding on Daddy's goodwill along with his Central Casting Mormon niceness for some time now. George Romney was a *very* popular Republican governor in blue-state Michigan.

and I was the Republican nominee for president in 2012."
I wouldn't bring up that last bit. It's poor salesmanship.

Posted by: SteveS 2021-05-03 12:42

#6 the former governor of Massachusetts said. "I’ve been a Republican all of my life. My dad was the governor of Michigan and I was the Republican nominee for president in 2012."

I don't think generational politician and olympic bag man is going to cut it.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-05-03 11:03

#5 Who? Oh, him, the RINO 'never was' candidate...

Posted by: magpie 2021-05-03 10:53

#4 Ya see..it's all about "character issues", you dig?

Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 2021-05-03 09:50

#3 I went to see Romney at the local airport prior to the 2012 election. I voted for him thinking he was the lesser of two evils. Today, I would not waste the gas and time going to boo and jeer him.

Posted by: JohnQC 2021-05-03 09:22

#2 /\ Don't forget his 'binders of women'.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-05-03 08:01

#1 Mitt is just an old era Democrat that knows he has absolutely no chance in the new Socialist Party. So, like many, he steals a safe seat from the conservatives. Then he acts like the old Democrats by doing the exact same pandering with the people who killed classical liberalism in the old party.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-05-03 07:59

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