Romney blasts Trump for America's 'vile, hate-filled' politics
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He’s tweeting through it.
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney lamented the state of American politics and put the blame largely on President Donald Trump in a statement addressed to no one in particular that he posted to his Twitter account.
“I have stayed quiet with the approach of the election,” said Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. “But I’m troubled by our politics, as it has moved away from spirited debate to a vile, vituperative, hate-filled morass that is unbecoming of any free nation — let alone the birthplace of modern democracy.
“The president calls the Democratic vice presidential candidate ‘a monster’; he repeatedly labels the speaker of the House ‘crazy’; he calls for the Justice Department to put the prior president in jail; he attacks the governor of Michigan on the very day a plot is discovered to kidnap her,” Romney said, regarding recent public comments from Trump.
The Utah politician also argues that it’s not just the president who has added to the political odiousness. Romney singled out Keith Olbermann, a broadcaster who hosted a show on MSNBC between 2003 and 2011, but who recently started a YouTube channel that posts clips on Twitter, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in his remarks.
Pelosi “tears up the president’s State of the Union speech on national television,” Romney said. “Keith Olbermann calls the president a ‘terrorist.’ Media on the left and right amplify all of it.
“The world is watching America with abject horror; more consequentially, our children are watching,” Romney continued. “Many Americans are frightened for our country — so divided, so angry, so mean, so violent.”
“It is time to lower the heat,” Romney added. “Leaders must tone it down. Leaders from the top and leaders of all stripes: Parents, bosses, reporters, columnists, professors, union chiefs, everyone. The consequence of the crescendo of anger leads to a very bad place. No sane person can want that.”
Romney’s previous public comments indicated he would attempt to cool things down by voting in favor of the Supreme Court nominee put forth by the president he dislikes so much as quickly as possible.
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