Trump insults Mitt Romney after Republican senator's tough criticism of President

[riversedge]

Source: CNN






Updated 2:00 PM ET, Sat October 5, 2019


Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump lashed out at Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah Saturday after Romney rebuked him for calling on Ukraine and China to investigate the family of former Vice President Joe Biden.

In a crude attack against a sitting senator from his own party, Trump tweeted, "Mitt Romney never knew how to win. He is a pompous 'ass' who has been fighting me from the beginning, except when he begged me for my endorsement for his Senate run (I gave it to him), and when he begged me to be Secretary of State (I didn't give it to him). He is so bad for R's!"

Trump's attack comes as he faces a widening impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives. Most congressional Republicans have remained silent and declined to speak out in opposition to the President's comments on Thursday that he wants both Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. But Romney criticized the President in a statement Friday, saying, "By all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling."


There is no evidence of wrongdoing by either Joe or Hunter Biden.

Romney also said, "When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated." CNN has reached out to Romney's office for response to the President's tweet.

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[at140]

1. Romney lost MA governorship, then he lost presidential election

so how can one call him a winner? He had to run all the way to Utah to get elected because of the Mormon population in Utah (Romney is a Mormon).

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I wonder what Ronna McDaniel will say about this.

https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Can just imagine the Sunday after Meetings

conversations at the Ward Houses Tomorrow.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Is tRump acting presidential again?

[Botany]

5. Great Donny go after every republican who is critical of you because as the evidence comes out ...

... more and more republicans will have to come out against what you have done and if you go after
all of them then you will be out on your butt.

Or you might be out on your butt anyway.

[riversedge]

13. " Trump on Saturday did not take aim at Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who also pushed back

Trump is selective on who he calls vile names..............





https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/romney-trump-china-ukraine-rebuke/index.html

Trump on Saturday did not take aim at Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who also pushed back on the China comments and has been an occasional critic of the President.

In a statement to the Omaha World-Herald, Sasse said, "Hold up: Americans don't look to Chinese commies for the truth," adding, "If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name to Beijing, that's a matter for American courts, not communist tyrants running torture camps."
Sasse also criticized House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, saying, "Congressman Schiff is running a partisan clown show in the House — that's his right because the Constitution doesn't prohibit clown shows, but fortunately, in the Senate, we're working to follow the facts one step at a time."
Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, also reacted critically to Trump's call for China to investigate the Bidens.
"I think it's terrible. It's something that I wouldn't have done," Hurd told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" on Friday. "China is an adversary .... We are in a tight and complex trade negotiation with China now, and so you are potentially giving them something to hold over your head ... So, I think that is something that a President of the United States shouldn't be doing."
The President's suggestion was met with fierce criticism from congressional Democrats as they forge ahead with a House impeachment inquiry against the President, which was triggered by a whistleblower complaint alleging that the President pressured Ukraine to solicit interference in the upcoming 2020 presidential election.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. I think people on DU remember this

So...

[IcyPeas]

7. I'm sure romney knew he would be called out by trump

this is why so many don't publicly say anything against trump. they know he will blast them and give them a stupid nickname. they don't want to ruffle the feathers of their base.

[flibbitygiblets]

10. We risk the death of democracy in the US because of fear of being called a schoolyard nickname.

Nice job there, congress, you craven little cowards.

[oldsoftie]

11. they need to learn how to be better at it than him. He cant handle that

I still say that him being a 5 time draft dodger should be brought up at EVERY opportunity

[The Liberal Lion]

8. Government by insult, sad!

Uhm trump, you should be careful, you didn't win either.

[flibbitygiblets]

9. why is "ass" in quotes?

Is there nothing this "ass" won't tear up?

[IronLionZion]

12. Good, maybe some Republican senators can vote for removal

after the House impeaches Trump

[BlueWI]

14. Republicans these days are missing backbone big time.

Why do they let Trump call them out in public like this? Even McCain was way too mild when Trump questioned his service credentials.

There's a point where you either stand up for yourself and your country or you're a scrub. How can you stand up for the nation when you can't even stand up for yourself?