Mitt Romney: Trump shouldn't be impeached because he's a "sitting president"

[ehrnst]

“I don’t think it makes sense to be talking about impeachment, not for a sitting president,” Romney said at a debate with Democratic Senate candidate Jenny Wilson, a former US congressional aide who is on the Salt Lake County Council, this week.

Of course, impeachment, by definition, is the act of formally charging a sitting official who has committed a crime or acted inappropriately. It’s not clear who Romney thinks could be impeached, given his remarks, but his sentiment is telling of a much broader attitude toward Trump in the Republican Party — one that Romney has increasingly adopted.

Romney was once the leader of the Never Trump movement, making headlines for calling for Trump to release his tax returns and referring to the president a “fraud” and “phony.” But that’s all changed.

Now, expected to win the Senate race in Utah and head to Washington, Romney appears to have adopted the same mindset many traditional congressional Republicans and conservatives have settled into under Trump. As long as Trump promotes conservative policies like tax cuts and an aggressive deregulatory agenda, and nominates conservative judges, all the other stuff — the explicit racism, demagoguery, and destruction of democratic norms — can fall by the wayside.

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/11/17963744/mitt-romney-trump-impeachment-utah-midterms

In the same line of logic...

"I don't think it makes sense to talk about pulling people over who go 45mph in a school zone because that would slow them down."

I don't think it makes sense to talk about shutting down a restaurant because of food safety violations because that would stop them from serving food."

[DetlefK]

1. I think, it was Tomi Lahren who said...

"You can't impeach a President if he won the election."

Seriously.

Let that sentence sink in.

[jmowreader]

21. Yes, Tomi.

Since Trump lost the election by three million votes, impeaching him should be fine with her.

[lagomorph777]

60. No problem. We could still impeach Junior Bush and Donald Turd under Tomi's Rule

because they both stole elections.

[peekaloo]

2. Not The Onion.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Did you feel the same way about Clinton? Hey dimwit, he was a "sitting President" nt.

[raccoon]

31. You beat me tothe post. nt

[erpowers]

41. +1 n/t

[3catwoman3]

4. Wilkard's not too...

...bright.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. What? The Republicans keep speaking nonsense. Let's impeach him when he's "standing" then. LOL n/t

[world wide wally]

6. Shut the fuck up, Mitty

[Flaleftist]

7. Yes and drunk drivers shouldn't get DUIs because they are driving.

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. Of course not. Once pulled over, they're standing, not driving.

But since they're sitting while standing while pulled over, maybe we could impeach them.

I think I'm getting a headache.

[Totally Tunsie]

34. This guy has all the answers!

https://www.ajc.com/news/florida-man-claims-only-drank-stoplights-and-not-while-driving/aDjtm7rKJncYXbELSji9PK/


Florida man claims he only drank at stoplights, and not ...

www.ajc.com

A Florida man had an explanation ready when investigators accused him of drinking while driving. He explained that he was downing gulps of bourbon only when stopped at traffic signals and stop ...

[Maeve]

8. A sitting president is the only one who CAN be impeached! Geez...

Back to grade-school civics class, Mittens....

[smirkymonkey]

13. Can you believe this idiot?

Even after Trump humiliated him, he still kisses his ass. I really don't understand such obsequiousness.

[Maeve]

14. He has learned to bow to power

And screw logic or morality beyond that.

[Ilsa]

9. Needs to be checked for dementia.

And whether those sweet tax cuts have caused his morals to finish rotting like a dead vulture steeped in dog shit.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. He has to stand some time

I know he’s lazy, but wait until he’s standing or walking. It’s OK to impeach a standing President!

[Javaman]

11. as if he still matters.

mittens has never ever been accused of being a deep thinker.

he's just a money grubbing piece of shit that hides behind his religion to justify his asshole behavior.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. cultists believe what they're told

Mittens is speaking to the cult. They don't care about logic -- that's a liberal thing.

[malaise]

15. Mitt who?

He 's as relevant as his car elevator

[Garrett78]

45. Sadly, he'll soon be a Senator.

[kacekwl]

16. He IS as dumb as I thought

he was.

[sellitman]

17. I won't pile on and call him dumb

Changed my mind.

He is dumber than a pile of rocks.

[ProfessorGAC]

56. He's Dumber Than Just ONE Of Those Rocks

That's got to be in line for dumbest thing ever said. Nobody can be impeached after they're out of office! Impeachment is intended to remove someone from office.

What a moron!

[grantcart]

19. This is before the election, needing Trump voters to pile on the landslide

After the election when the Dems get the facts out

"Everyone is accountable under the law, remove him and make me VP"

[Baitball Blogger]

20. Why do they say such stupid comments that can be shown to be stupid based on historical

facts?

The House impeaches, you idiot. Clinton, a sitting president, was impeached. The Senate votes to convict.

Man, what else was Romney uninformed about the presidency?

[flotsam]

22. Close Willard

but the correct title is the "Shitting Resident"!

[zonkers]

23. Mitt, you are no more self made than Trump. At least Donny didn't strap his dog to the car roof on

a family vacation. I want Mitt nowhere near the whitehouse.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. WTF? What other kinds of presidents are impeachable? Don't you have to be

a sitting president to be eligible for impeachment?

I never thought Mitt was the sharpest knife in the drawer, but really...

[Le Gaucher]

25. Ok ..we'll impeach Trump while he is standing. All good Mitt?

[treestar]

26. Is Trumpism contagious?

I mean, the only President that can be impeached is a "sitting" President.

[thegoose]

27. More gaslighting from the Repukelican party

"We will all stand together to support our massive orange corrupt piece of shit." -- Mittens

[Soxfan58]

28. Fuck you Mitt

[OriginalGeek]

29. huh

at first I thought he said "shitting".

I figured he was at least half-right.

[C Moon]

30. He's at it again: Flip Floppin' R$.

[Still In Wisconsin]

32. By that logic, I shouldn't eat this bagel because it's a bagel.

Fuck that. CHOMP!

[Soxfan58]

36. No, you can't throw it away

When it sucks.

[BSdetect]

33. I think Adolf was a sitting president. Of sorts.

[Totally Tunsie]

35. Sooooooooooo...we're supposed to wait until he's out of office?

[Peachhead22]

37. Also Mitt Romney:

"Fire departments should be abolished because they put out ongoing fires."

(Not a genuine quote obviously)

[cungar2000]

38. He meant to say

“I don’t think it makes sense to be talking about impeachment, not for a Republican president,”

[Freethinker65]

39. So how long before Mitt abdicates his new Senate seat to one of his heirs?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. Oh go play with your car elevator

[forgotmylogin]

42. "I can't rake the leaves because there are too many leaves in the way."

[JHB]

43. Submitting another job application, Mitt?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. That dinner tRump played Romney like a fiddle, sucker-punching him with tease of maybe job offer. nt

[Fritz Walter]

44. Thanks, Mittens!

Who lost to Barack Obama.

Knowing which side of his bread is buttered, he’s toeing the line that his campaign donors want him to.

[Woodycall]

46. Romney is an opportunistic criminal. Period

[Bernardo de La Paz]

47. Duh. Founders put impeachment in expressly to apply to SITTING Presidents. . . . nt

[GemDigger]

49. No. More. Businessmen. For. Government!!

I said it when Romney first started and with trump I am doubling down starting locally and going all the way to the top. None.

[Historic NY]

50. That useless piece of paper says otherwise Mitt.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. The Constitution also allows for involuntary removal from office.

[Beartracks]

51. "Hey you can't fire people when they're on the job!"

[mobeau69]

52. Please proceed, Governor.

[JHan]

54. ...

[The_Counsel]

53. So If You've Ever Wondered Why Obama Beat Romney So Bad in the Debates...

...well...there ya go.

How do people live so long being this stupid?

[irisblue]

55. MittWit R(money)

R(money) from our own Earl

[YOHABLO]

57. Oh that makes sense. Why sure it does.

[doc03]

58. He misspoke he meant shiting president nt

[Cha]

59. trump is a sitting criminal Asshole, mit.

[madinmaryland]

61. Another dumb statement from the worlds least interesting man.