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Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from Utah, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Romney previously served as the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He gained national prominence as the Republican nominee for president in the 2012 election, where he focused on economic issues and healthcare reform. Throughout his career, Romney has been known for his moderate stance on various issues, including his support for certain aspects of healthcare and education reform.

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Oct 20, 2019

I'm afraid that when it comes to foreign policy, he is very, very not smart.

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Oct 17, 2019

What we have done to the Kurds, we'll stand as a blood stain in the annals of American history. Was there more chance for diplomacy? Are we so weak and so inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America…

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Oct 3, 2019

By all appearances the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling.

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Oct 3, 2019

When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest it is anything other politically motivated.

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Sep 22, 2019

If the president asked or pressured Ukraine's president to investigate his political rival either directly or through his personal attorney, it would be troubling in the extreme. Critical for the facts to come out.

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Jul 14, 2019

What was said and what was tweeted was destructive, was demeaning, was disunifying and frankly was very wrong.

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Jun 12, 2019

In circumstances where a foreign government attempts to be involved in an American election, that would be simply unthinkable for a candidate for president to accept that involvement to encourage it, to participate with it in any way…

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Apr 18, 2019

It is good news that there was insufficient evidence to charge the president of the United States with having conspired with a foreign adversary, or with having obstructed justice. Even so, I'm sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of…

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Mar 18, 2019

I can't understand why the President would, once again, disparage a man as exemplary as my friend John McCain, heroic, courageous, patriotic, honorable, self-effacing, self-sacrificing, empathetic, and driven by duty to family, country…

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Mar 18, 2019

I can't understand why the president would once again disparage a man as exemplary as my friend John McCain. Heroic, courageous, patriotic, honorable, self-effacing, self-sacrificing, empathetic and driven by duty to family, country, and…

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Jan 1, 2019

I think it's very important for a president to demonstrate the qualities of integrity and honesty, forthrightness, empathy, and respect for the institutions of our democratic republic.

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Jan 1, 2019

The Charlottesville response by the president was something that gave me great concern. The support for Roy Moore in the Senate race was something that I was very, very concerned about.

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Jan 1, 2019

I work with the president, as I would, frankly, with any president, which is on those areas where I'm in agreement, we'll be able to work together. Where I disagree, we'll point that out.

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Jan 1, 2019

If the President were able to get a $5 billion check to build the wall, that would look like a huge win for Republicans and a big loss for Democrats.

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Jan 1, 2019

Conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions this month, is evidence that the President has not risen to the mantle of the office.

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Jan 1, 2019

There has to be some kind of deal done where the Democrats get something and the Republicans get something.

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May 13, 2018

Robert Jeffress says, you can't be saved by being a Jew. And Mormonism is a heresy from pit of hell.

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Dec 3, 2017

Roy Moore in the U.S. Senate would be a stain on the GOP and on the nation. Leigh Corfman and other victims are courageous heroes, no vote, no majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity.

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Feb 28, 2017

I would also argue that the 30-hour definition of 'full-time' was also wrong, and under RomneyCare we had a 35-hour requirement.

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Nov 27, 2016

He said to me because of these grandchildren I could never vote for Donald Trump, he's against everything I believe in.

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Nov 22, 2016

His domestic policies would lead to recession. His foreign policies would make America and the world less safe. He has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president.

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