“A thought or a notion comes in and it comes out of his mouth. There’s not a lot of filter that goes on,” he said of Trump.
Some Republicans have read former President Donald Trump’s comment last week that would act as a dictator only on “day one,” as just another Trumpian quip. But not Sen. Mitt Romney.
“His behavior suggests that this is a person who will impose his will if he can on the judicial system, on the legislative branch and on the entire nation,” Romney (R-Utah) told NBC’s Kristin Welker during an interview on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“When he called people to come to Washington, D.C., on January 6, that was not a random date. That was the date when peaceful transfer of power was to occur. He called that on purpose. No question he has authoritarian rulings and interests and notions which he will try and impose,” Romney said.
Romney was one of the very few Republicans (along with the late John McCain) who continued to call out Trump for what he is after he won the primaries and critisize his fellow R’s, rather than immediately start dickriding, which is why he is one of the very few Republicans I have any level of real respect for. Plus, IIRC he’s a moderate by 2008 standards, which is basically a liberal today. OP must have known nothing about the guy, read “republican”, and immediately started making assumption.