>[!properties]+ Page Details Last Updated: 2025-02-13 (Formatting and to say former senator 🙏) > >>[!summary]+ >>Mitt Romney is a [[Mitt Romney#Mitt is a Charlatan|charlatan]] and a [[Mitt Romney#Mitt is a Political Whore|political whore]]. His [[Mitt Romney#Abortion 🚩|flip flop on abortion]] makes him morally untrustworthy. He doesn't well represent is conservative constituency on key issues like [[Mitt Romney#^anti-child-vote|personal liberty]] the [[Second Amendment]]. His [[Mitt Romney#Romney's Virtue Signaling|moral grandstanding]] to other [[Republican Party|GOP leaders]] and even his own constituents is repulsive. He conned conservative Utah into office in 2018. In 2024 at 77 he'll be done or beat in a primary. > > #people/p/politics ✔^[Published Link: https://notes.camronwalker.com/Insights/Political+Essays/Mitt+Romney] --- Mitt Romney (Former Governor of Massachusetts and Former Senator from Utah) is a [[Mitt Romney#Mitt is a Charlatan|charlatan]] and a [[Mitt Romney#Mitt is a Political Whore|political whore]]. ## Mitt is a Charlatan A _charlatan_ is a con artist, someone who pretends to have a special ability or knowledge, someone who is an imposter or a huckster.^[[charlatan - Grammarist](https://grammarist.com/usage/charlatan/)] ### GOP Imposter / Closet Democrat Mitt Romney's propensity to go against core [[Republican Party|Republican]] values, whether it's his role in the [[Russia Collusion Hoax]] or his stance on unconstitutional [[Red Flag Laws]], makes it hard to call him a true representative of the [[Republican Party|GOP]] and impossible to say he well represents his largely conservative Utah constituency. 🚩 Mitt was the only senator to side with the liberals during the [[Russia Collusion Hoax]] impeachment trial. 🚩Romney voted against Biden's SCOTUS nominee for an appellate court in 2021 but all the sudden she is qualified for the SCOTUS April 2022? Literally a [[Republican Party|GOP]] defiance vote. Nothing more. 🚩 Mitt's not the only [[Republican Party|GOP]] senator to support [[Red Flag Laws]] but they should all be dumped from the party for constitutional sedition. Romney voted for the 2022 “bi-“partisan bill gun control bill^[[14 GOP Senators Voted to Advance Gun Control Bill -- The Hill](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3532218-here-are-the-14-gop-senators-who-voted-to-advance-gun-safety-bill/)] that came to the senate floor in the wake of the [[Uvalde School Shooting]]. This shooting would have been completely preventable by competent police, [[Arming Teachers]] that want to be armed, or not detaining the armed parents who tried to go in and rescue their kids. Gun laws and bad police caused the [[Uvalde School Shooting]], these bad police make the very case for less [[Gun Control|gun control]] not more, yet here we go again, Romney is about to endorse the Democrat’s anti-[[Second Amendment]] legislation they push after every shooting no mater the circumstance. What a segue to the [[Mitt Romney#Virtue Signaling|Mitt Romney Virtue Signaling]] section. ^guncontrol ### Romney's Virtue Signaling [[Virtue Signaling]] or Moral Grandstanding is the expression of a moral viewpoint with the intent of demonstrating you are of a superior character to those who don't publicly support the supposedly “virtuous” cause. Romney has a tendency to [[Virtue Signaling|Virtue Signal]] to the [[Republican Party|GOP]] for not supporting [[I support the current thing.png|the current thing]]. Examples that reach the level of Red Flag: - 🚩I'll talk more about [[Mitt Romney#Abortion 🚩|Mitt Romney and Abortion]] later but this is an example of him virtue signaling his liberal values, in this case his historic pro choice stance, onto other members of the [[Republican Party|GOP]]. - 🚩His two impeachment votes, despite the evidence they were political theater. These were the lashings out of a petty man.^[[Mitt Romney forever bitter that he will never be POTUS -- Twitter Donald Trump Jr.|noembed](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1225140190920019968?s=20&t=TeaApNhfw1Qfh92_Wp5VKg)] - 🚩Voted to keep the mask mandate for toddlers on March 15, 2022? **What a self righteous bastard.** Despite the preponderance of evidence that masks do nothing against [[COVID-19]] ^[Meta analysis conducted in 2018 with the respiratory flu (A larger similar virus). #todo find this citation, it’s referenced in [[Pandemia -- Berenson, A. (2021)|Pandemia]]] he votes to intentionally harm children.^[[Mitt Romney Votes Against Lifting Mask Mandates for Toddlers -- Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-a-disgrace-mitt-romney-votes-against-lifting-mask-mandates-for-preschool-age-kids)] This is just his worst of many **ridiculous** committee votes regarding [[COVID-19]]. ^anti-child-vote - 🚩Romney walked with [[Black Lives Matter]]. The truth doesn’t matter only the virtue signal.^[[BLM Romney Post Twitter|noembed](https://twitter.com/mittromney/status/1269758561720156160?s=21&t=qXNRTWWCMksDB9qr2uCtBQ)] - 🚩Romney said "Morons, I've got morons on my team" talking about GOP members of congress. He said they're "certainly missing some IQ points" with his smug holier than thou look on his face.^[https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/mitt-romney-gop-ukraine-russia/index.html] "Guilt by association"^[[Marjorie Taylor Greene on her speaking at the AFPAC conference -- Twitter|noembed](https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1497635412386496514?s=20&t=fo5sjl3hTi9IV35sTSijaw)] simply for attending or speaking at a conference where ideas you disagree with were expressed. Romney should know better than to act so un-Christlike. By that same logic Romney should be libel for all the moronic things CNN has said over the years simply for giving them an interview. - 🚩Romney calling a conservative a traitor for saying a war with Russia is a bad idea.^[[Gabbard called Traitor by Romney — Fox News Video|noembed](https://youtu.be/5HlsAfWFkUE)] Romney portrayed himself in 2018 as someone with special ability and experience to get things done for Utah. He, in order to be elected in Utah, portrayed himself as the conservative choice; when actually he’s a wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing liberal. Romney's constituency isn't the editorial board of the Washington Post. He needs to stop catering to the clueless commentators on networks like CNN and represent Utah. While Senator, he's done very little besides attempt to demonstrate that he's morally superior to his Utah constituents and to the rest of the [[Republican Party|GOP]]. Is this not the definition of a political charlatan? ## Mitt is a Political Whore First I'll talk about Mitt's money whoring then I'll talk about the Mitt's moral whoring. ### Mitt's Part of the Swamp - Romney makes millions of dollars by selling donor data.^[[Romney makes millions of dollars by selling donor data -- kutv Article](https://kutv.com/news/local/sen-romneys-campaign-makes-millions-of-dollars-by-selling-donor-data)] - 🚩Not only is Romney [[Big Swamp|big swamp]], he's big enough swamp that people are paying off people close to him for influence a la Hunter Biden.^[[Top Romney Advisor Worked With Hunter Biden on Board of Ukrainian Energy Co. -- Twitter Link|noembed](https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1225163922392502273)] - Mitt's big senate donation boost from the establishment.^[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/wall-street-big-business-back-mitt-romney-senate-bid-as-gop-seeks-leadership.html] ### Abortion 🚩 In 1994^[[Mitt Romney on Abortion in 1994 -- YouTube|noembed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQGObiGGqY)] and 2002^[[Mitt Romney on Abortion in 2002 -- YouTube|noembed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4)] Mitt Romney was adamantly [[Abortion|pro choice]]. In 2004 he flipflopped and gave this schpeel about some sort of epiphany while talking to an embryonic stem cell researcher but I don't buy it ever happened.^[[Romney's Epiphany -- NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/11/29/142827112/mitt-romneys-evolution-on-abortion#:~:text=according%20to%20romney%2C%20he%20changed%20his%20mind%20about%20abortion%20in%202004%2C%20during%20a%20fight%20in%20massachusetts%20over%20embryonic%20stem%20cell%20research.)] After this epiphany, "Romney biographer Scott says Romney never actually changed his personal position...'He simply had modified his position in 1994 and 2002.'"^[[Romney never changed his personal position? -- NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/11/29/142827112/mitt-romneys-evolution-on-abortion#:~:text=Romney%20biographer%20Scott,decisions%20for%20themselves.%22)] So which it, an epiphany or a long held virtue? **Answer:** political expediency. One of two things happened: 1. He was pro [[Abortion|abortion]] and changed his opinion for political gain. 2. He was always pro life and lied for political gain. If I had to guess, it was the latter. In that case, Mitt Romney sold his morals for votes. Is that not the definition of a political whore? ## Has he done anything good? **Answer:** yes, he has done quite a few things that are good for Utah. Are any of them things that make him stand out from what I would expect anyone representing Utah; probably not. The only Romney specific legislation I feel he has gone above and beyond for is this child benefit bill he's sponsoring in the Senate.^[[Romney Has “Cleverly Laid Out the Conservative Case for the Child Benefit”](https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-has-cleverly-laid-out-conservative-case-child-benefit/)] Utahns have lots of babies, this sounds like a bill that would disproportionately benefit Utah. Good on Mitt, but wait, isn't that just another social program we don't have money for? How very "fiscally conservative" of you Mitt. This is actually something I'm for but only up until the point we are back to full replacement birth levels; for national security reasons. Also, he was totally right about Russia^[[Romney Was Right On Russia — CNN](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/02/22/politics/mitt-romney-russia-ukraine/index.html)], even though he has been a complete warmonger through the entire Russia invasion of Ukraine. Not sure there is a war in the past 40 years in which he hasn't been in favor of US involvement. He was a far better choice for president than Obama in 2012. That being said, fingers crossed the 75 year old doesn't run for office in 2024. ## Some other opinions: ### 2022 GOP Primary Campaigns Romney's virtue signaling and terrible policies are so mutually recognized that the term "Mitt Romney Republican" is being used as a slur and a smear during this year's 2022 Republican primaries all over the country.^[[Mitt Romney Republican the new GOP Slure -- AP](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-utah-salt-lake-city-mitt-romney-655f5f880b6980ea7f03083330aa188f)] His name is now synonymous with gutter tier GOP sludge. ### Steven Crowder  ##### My comment from the podcast this video was clipped from His stance (or lack thereof) on abortion was the primary reason that I wrote in "Not Mitt" on my ballot [in 2018]. ![[Not Mitt.jpg|300]] I didn't trust him to keep his word. In general, Mitt Romney does not represent the majority of his Utah constituency, let alone the vast majority of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Continuing with my generalization, we are far more conservative and secure in our values. He tried to appeal to our values when we voted to convict Trump \[in the [[Russia Collusion Hoax]]], which backfired spectacularly with his Utah constituents.^[[Mitt Romney Booed at Utah GOP Convention — kutv](https://kutv.com/news/local/video-mitt-romney-booed-at-utah-gop-convention) and [Romney Heckled and Called Traitor by His Constituents on Delta Flight — Fox 13 Video|noembed](https://youtu.be/6UcgZ0XErbk)] Utahns elected Mitt Romney because of his name alone; most in Utah considered him the one who "saved" the 2002 Olympics. Unfortunately, I could see him getting re-elected for the same reason. Older people in Utah have such a high opinion of him and are far too agreeable to recognize him as a charlatan. In Utah, many of us realize what he is and will campaign against his re-election; help us pray it will be enough!^[Some of these sources came from this [LwC Podcast|noembed](https://youtu.be/RTehKv28OU4)] ### Glen Beck