Romney praises Trump's first year in office: It's similar to things 'I'd have done'

[DonViejo]

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 05/01/18 09:38 AM EDT

Former GOP presidential nominee and current Senate candidate Mitt Romney praised President Trump's first year in office on Tuesday, saying it was similar to what the first year of a Romney administration would look like.

In response to a question from a voter in Utah, Romney seemed to indicate that he largely approved of the policies pursued by the Trump administration during Trump's first year in the White House, calling it "better than expected," the Washington Examiner reports.

“His first year is very similar to things I’d have done my first year,” Romney said. "The things he’s actually done have been better than I expected.”

Romney quickly added, however, that he would continue to oppose the president if he said something the former Massachusetts governor viewed as "racist" or "divisive."

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[NewJeffCT]

1. so much for the idea that he will stand up to Trump

maybe at the SoS interview over a year ago, Trump showed him some Kompromat that Russia had on Romney to get him to toe the line?

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. Sniveling little brown-noser.

Can anyone really say they are surprised?

[malthaussen]

3. Thanks for the warning, Mittens. n/t

[Va Lefty]

4. Jeez

v

[kacekwl]

5. Then it's a good thing you failed

you ass kissing moron.

[bullwinkle428]

6. How utterly predictable.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. Trump must have something on just about everybody in the GOP and maybe even MSM

their kowtowing to him is unbelievable.

[MrsCoffee]

9. That's what Cambridge Analytica promised.

Dirt on everybody.

[volstork]

16. EXACTLY this.

The Russians hacked the RNC, too. They know where the skeletons are buried, and everyone is being blackmailed to stay in line.

[bitterross]

8. Sell Out!

WTF? He's flipped completely. So sad to see that no one has a spine, morals, or values in the GOP.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Spineless, simpering fool.

Does this man have ANY pride. God, they all make me sick!

Remember this Mitt?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Mitt: What's for lunch Donald?

Trump: Your dignity.

[smirkymonkey]

25. *snort*

Poor Mitt! He's such a doormat.

[awesomerwb1]

11. What happened to this spineless a-hole?

[grantcart]

21. Republican primary

[lunasun]

12. Good to know. Great quote for any dem campaign

[BSdetect]

13. Vulture capitalist parasite. What did we expect from that?

[Wounded Bear]

14. This is supposed to play well in Utah?

I thought they didn't like Trump.

[grantcart]

19. He has to win the Republican primary first

[jes06c]

32. That's what Utah Republicans SAY

but then they fell in line. I've been saying for a while now, there's no such thing as an anti-Trump Republican

[3catwoman3]

15. What a weenie.

A pox on them all.

[RockRaven]

17. Mitt Romney is every bit as spineless and opportunistic

as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Pathetic.

[grantcart]

18. I didn't know Romney was found of Flynn and hated the FBI

[oberliner]

20. Sounds like election season has begun

[dajoki]

22. That's why you lost...

and better not try again.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Meaning he's saved bigly on taxes

More dancing horses or a new car elevator? Come on Mitt you got to do your part to stimulate the economy.

[Dave Starsky]

26. The "fucking around golfing all the time" part?

Or the "emboldening white supremacy" part?

Because, as a Mormon, I certainly can't imagine him partaking in any other of Trump's activities.

Maybe it was the "rip off taxpayers and give it all to the top 1%" part he was talking about.

[mtnsnake]

27. Romney is just one more GOP coward who has succumbed to Trump's bullying tactics

Romney hates Trump's guts but he just can't stand how Trump beats up on him from time to time, so he's trying to suck up to him to get him to stop picking on him in the future. Fucking baby.

[Freethinker65]

28. So Romney would have attacked National "Romneycare" and not hired himself for Sec. of State?

[Miles Archer]

29. Romney: "MMMMMM. Good snails."

[Thekaspervote]

30. Oh yea... from big mittens speech how dotard is not good for America to this.. typical

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. No, sorry, you cant praise his tax bill that will decimate 98% of the country because it helps

your pocketbook and then say you are against the racist and divisive stuff he does given EVERYTHING he does fits into both of those categories.

Sorry, no, you now have NO credibility, as if you ever did.