You know, I don't think this is quite right. Late in life Mitt Romney got to see the dark underside of the Republican party for himself, and it seems to have made him interestingly more cynical.
Between this and dejected phonebank Ted Cruz, future generations are going to refuse to believe much of Trump era photojournalism is real. Simply too on the nose.
Also important to remember how ready the Republican Party was to be seized and consumed by somebody like Trump. He could not have done this to a healthy party.
I've said exactly the same thing. And the majority of high-profile anti-Trump Republicans (former or continuing), still haven't grasped why Trump ended up leading their party, something that could never have happened to the Democratic Party.
IMHO this was the case because the GOP was basically out of ideas, and basically done with governing as something they were interested in doing. Cutting taxes, cutting services to match, "That government which governs least governs best," relegation from the feds to the states, those kinds of ideas.
So there's all this power, and no principles or ideas for what to do with it. You can't organize a political group that way; there's no center around which the various kinds of people can coalesce.
If Democrats have a problem it's that there are too many points offered as the center around which there should be formation of a coalition, constant jockeying for primacy on the priority list.
I hate Romney more than Trump. Trump is a dumb animal - hating him if like hating a rabid dog for biting you. Romney is opportunistic scum who also demands everyone praise his 'decency'.
Romney's the only Republican to vote to impeach Trump both times.
You don't gotta hand it to him, much less like him, but I don't think that was opportunism.
Was thinking about this pic today and how every single Repub has been required to bend the knee, mostly for nothing in return. Honestly what is it about him.
Bully-lackeys.
They view the ability to abuse and get away with it (and not even care about it) as the rawest form of power and when they’re too weak to do it in their own they latch on to someone who they see doing it.
Trump does it too. It’s why he loves Putin and Kim.
Pretty sure this is why the GOP skews so male. Bunch of petty, insecure, wannabe tyrants trying to make themselves feel big and strong by latching on to whoever they think looks strong, with their own idiot definition of what strong is.
There was actually a time when people truly believed he was a clown who would get bored with the gig and go golfing while leaving the actual work of government to grownups.
That excuse evaporated in mid-‘17 or so.
It’s just a great illustration that with the likes of Romney they have no personal integrity or dignity when they allowed themselves to be humiliated by Trump. Just a profoundly weak character
It's iconic.
This one too, but with an additional "I can't believe that's a real photo" twist. Back on Twitter at the time @darthbluesky.bsky.social captioned it "find...the...hobbit..."
I know Romney came out saying nice things about Trump (then president-elect) after that dinner but I don't remember how many days or weeks it took before Trump tried to humiliate Romney by saying he was never going to be in the cabinet and that he (Trump) had bought him for the price of a dinner.
And they were happy to be had & consumed, don't let any of them try to tell you otherwise
Because if they weren't or hadn't, they wouldn't still be there, now would they?
