As Trump continues to face criticism for getting together with known anti-Semites Nick Fuentes and Ye (the latter of whom is no doubt better known by his prior name Kanye West), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is among those speaking out.
“It’s disgusting to invite people like that to meet with a former president of the United States,” Romney said. “I think there’s — it’s been clear that there’s no bottom to the degree to which President Trump will degrade himself and the nation.” The Senator also spoke in opposition to the prospect of Donald once again securing the presidential nod from Republicans. “I voted to remove him from office twice,” he said, per reporter Sahil Kapur. “I don’t think he should be president of the United States. I don’t think he should be the nominee of our party in 2024. And I certainly don’t want him hanging over our party like a gargoyle… It’s a character issue.”
Romney was the only GOP Senator to vote in favor of Trump’s conviction after both of his impeachment trials. In the second set of proceedings, he was joined by half a dozen other Republicans in the Senate as officials still dealt with the immediate aftermath of the Capitol riot, although the portion in favor of conviction didn’t reach the level required to enact the measure. It’s worth noting Romney is still in office — and Trump is now just a private citizen. Other favored targets of Donald’s ire — from Adam Schiff to Nancy Pelosi — also remain in positions of political power, while Trump just keeps complaining and gunning for a presidential nod he might lose to Ron DeSantis (or some other prominent Republican). His internet comments predictably confirm Trump is mad about the prospect of DeSantis running for president — although DeSantis recently won re-election as Florida governor by a whopping 20 percent margin in the same year that Trump-aligned candidates for Senate or governor in Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania lost.
That’s just the reality — Donald is losing, then losing again. According to a report from The New York Times, Trump was impressed during the dinner with Fuentes praising the occasions when the former president goes off-script during speeches. “He gets me,” Donald said. Trump has his own personal history of anti-Semitism, including conspiratorially and derisively saying Jews in the U.S. should “get their act together” and be as appreciative as those in Israel for what Trump has supposedly done for Jews — who Trump has an evident problem distinguishing from Israel. Fuentes has been characterized as a guest of Ye’s at Mar-a-Lago, although the rap artist’s own recently publicized anti-Semitism makes the troubling implications of the Florida gathering abundantly clear and difficult to miss all along.
Romney: I think it's been clear that there is no bottom to the degree to which president trump will degrade himself and the nation. pic.twitter.com/6Jw5vDQ6If
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 29, 2022
Romney on Trump: “I voted to remove him from office twice… I don't think he should be president of the United states. I don't think he should be the nominee of our party in 2024. And I certainly don't want him hanging over our party like a gargoyle.”
“It’s a character issue.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 28, 2022
Mitt Romney: "There's no bottom to the degree to which President Trump will degrade himself and the nation."
"This is characteristic of his approach, which is either say it was a joke or say he didn't know what was happening. But that doesn't fly." @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 29, 2022
