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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney and Susan Collins could put an end to this attempted coup in an afternoon.
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Breaking character: Of course Mitt Romney and Susan Collins could put an end to this attempted coup in an afternoon. They tell Mitch they'll caucus with Dems if Mitch doesn't say Trump should concede. And this whole thing ends
8:44 PM · Nov 9, 2020
Gimme a minute to stop laughing.
elleng
(130,126 posts)that is, with 'guts.'
KatyMan
(4,146 posts)They're like Mitch, just pleasanter about it.
budkin
(6,688 posts)Mitch would call their bluff. Hes too smart for that.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Literally, Collins is in for another six years. Nobody will ever vote against Mitt in Utah that wouldn't already.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Utahns will never support a Democrat, or an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, for senate. Romney would only do it if he for sure was not running for reelection, which all signs point to him running anyway.
But if Romney left the GOP, whoever ran as a Republican in 2024 would likely win.
And I'm sure Romney knows this.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)They and Sasse hold untold leverage right now and can make Mitch do just about anything.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)so why would they start now?
SomedayKindaLove
(524 posts)totodeinhere
(13,034 posts)exboyfil
(17,857 posts)totodeinhere
(13,034 posts)to pursue legal challenges.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)how party affiliation works. Or to what extent Romney and Collins have no real moral center.
I remember back in the early 2000s when people here kept on gooing and gahing over John McCain, how he was really somehow one of us. He never was. He did finally show some backbone to keep the ACA alive, but most of his career is one of deceit and lies.