The writing is on the wall. The Republican Party is now the party of Donald Trump, and even some Republicans who opposed anything Trump-related are giving in to this admission. One of them is Mitt Romney, who is now defending President-elect Trump’s Cabinet decisions.
An engaging development indeed.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) claims people “can’t complain” about the president-elect. Donald TrumpGiven that Trump has signaled that he would make such decisions before his election, Trump has made his Cabinet choices.
Romney, a longtime critic of the president-elect, is leaving senate in January, after one term representing Utah. he said on CNN State of the Union On Sunday, he said that since Trump won the election “overwhelmingly,” he should be given the chance to implement the policies he wants.
“Donald Trump won. He won overwhelmingly. He said what he would do and this is what he does. I mean, people say, ‘Oh, I don’t like this appointment or this policy he’s talking about,'” Romney said. “But these are the things he said he would do when he ran. So you can’t complain about someone who does what they promised.”
“And I agree with him on many political issues. I disagree with him on some things. But it’s like, OK, give him a chance to do what he said he would do and see how it works,” the Republican senator added.
Mitt Romney may have been listening in hindsight to another Republican hero, Ronald Reagan, who said, “The person who agrees 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally—not a traitor 20 percent of the time.” “
Actually, Senator Romney makes sense here. Under Reagan’s 80 percent rule, most Republicans will highlight many commonalities on which they can present a united front. But Republican majorities in the House and Senate are lean, especially in the House. Team Trump can count on two years; After that, a possible loss of the House would mar the remainder of Trump’s historic non-consecutive second term. So Republicans must act, and act quickly, and to do that they must stick together – every single one of them.
Democrats have historically been pretty good at this. And we should not expect that their current confusion after the bombing of the 2024 election will continue to confuse them for long; They will surely unite again against the Trump agenda. Trump Derangement Syndrome is contagious, after all, and most Democrats have a well dose of it.
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Romney called for an end to tribalism in politics in an interview on CNN:
Mitt Romney says we should give Trump and his Cabinet members a chance.
“Donald Trump won. He won overwhelmingly. He said what he would do and this is what he does.
I mean, people say, “Oh, I don’t like this appointment or the policies he’s talking about”… pic.twitter.com/GAlXGhTTZD
– End tribalism in politics (@EndTribalism) December 15, 2024
He should convey that message to Democrats. They are the worst offenders when it comes to tribalism in politics.
We should note that Mitt Romney is leaving the Senate. His political career after January is uncertain and his intentions – well, who knows? But he definitely saw the writing on the wall. Right now, at least for the next four years, the Republican world is Donald Trump’s world, and the rest of us just live in it.
