Romney On Ukraine Call Memo: ‘This Remains Extremely Troubling’

Mitt Romney speaks to the media after meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump at Trump International Hotel and Tower, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in New York. Romney, a favorite among establishment Republicans fo... Mitt Romney speaks to the media after meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump at Trump International Hotel and Tower, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in New York. Romney, a favorite among establishment Republicans for being named Secretary of State, met with Trump for their second face-to-face meeting in 10 days. / AFP / Bryan R. Smith (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) remains a lone voice in his party, calling the White House memo of President Donald Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “deeply troubling” on Wednesday.

While speaking at The Atlantic Festival in Washington, Romney added that while he’s not as focused on the “quid pro quo” nature of the call as others — whether Trump leveraged withheld foreign aid in exchange for Zelensky launching a political investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son — that dynamic would take it to “an entirely more extreme level.”

As explanation for why he is the only prominent Republican willing to speak out against Trump’s behavior, Romney said that it’s “natural” for the party in power to take the view that’s most “amenable” to them keeping that power. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), for one, has already backed off his initial stance demanding more information about the call, maintaining that the memo absolves the President.

Trump tweeted out a compilation of Romney losing the 2012 election as retribution for his pushback on Tuesday.

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  1. Was he pulling on his pearls as he spoke?

  2. Alas, the curse of Etch-A-Mitt!! No cojones here!!

  3. It “remains extremely troubling?” Yeah, treason tends to be extremely troubling, doesn’t it, Mitt?

  4. “Romney On Ukraine Call Memo: ‘This Remains Extremely Troubling’.”

    Mitt Romney is the Jeff Flake of Susan Collinses.

  5. Thanks, Captain Fucking Obvious.

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