GOP senator and ex-candidate for the presidency Mitt Romney decided to create a sad, dark opinion piece for The Atlantic instead of crafting a celebratory, America-loving message on Independence Day. “America is in denial,” he opines. “Too many Americans are blithely dismissing threats that could prove cataclysmic.” It’s so dark and anti-Trump that even Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson is impressed:
This is a grim, but accurate read.@MittRomney https://t.co/X8m6grKpwm
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 4, 2022
Romney starts by listing the long list of American problems that Americans ignore.
Even though the West is losing its lakes and rivers, people continue watering their lawns, sopping their golf courses and planting water-thirsty vegetables. Progressive politicians are more inclined to spend as the nation’s debt rises and inflation increases.
We figure buying a Prius will be enough and we can recycle the Amazon boxes that are part of our Amazon delivery every day.
When TV news outlets broadcast video after video of people illegally crossing the nation’s southern border, many of us change the channel.
And when a renowned conservative former federal appellate judge testifies that we are already in a war for our democracy and that January 6, 2021, was a genuine constitutional crisis, MAGA loyalists snicker that he speaks slowly and celebrate that most people weren’t watching.
It reads like a transcript from a Rachel Maddow episode, for God’s sake. Is anyone in denial of inflation? Not your average American, of course, but the Biden administration. We are all well aware of the devastation it causes in our lives. When thousands of migrants cross the border, who can change the channel? (Not to mention that unless you’re watching Bill Melugin on Fox News, you’ll probably never see such video because the mainstream media rarely covers the story.)
Romney’s nemesis Donald Trump didn’t change the channel when immigration was mentioned; in fact, he worked hard to fix the problem. Biden has encouraged an increase in illegal border crossings with record numbers.
It’s also hard to take Romney’s climate change diatribe seriously when, like so many other end-of-world prognosticators, he is actually a hypocrite whose lifestyle is at odds with his message. In 2021, his San Diego mega-mansion had to be sold after he was criticized for tearing down the original oceanfront home and building a larger one. This house was sold at a staggering $23.5million. You can bet it was very water efficient in California’s drought-prone areas.
HIs last point about Jan 6 sounds like it came off Adam Schiff’s teleprompter. It was a terrible day. Those who violated the law must be held accountable. But we are not in a “war for democracy” — just ask Ukrainians what real war looks like. Romney and his Dems may keep repeating the phrase, and they can, it doesn’t make it true.
Romney goes on, but it’s mostly more of the same. He laments the “blithe dismissal” Americans give these issues, but offers little in the way of solutions. Toward the end of the mournful piece though, he drops a whopper–while also cementing his anti-Trump creds:
While President Joe Biden may be a truly good man and a true gentleman, he’s yet to conquer our national malady that is denial, lies, and distrust. The sickness would be worsened if Donald Trump returned, which could prove fatal.
This is how to put it nicely. Joe Biden is not an honest and good-mannered man. This has been proven repeatedly throughout his career. It continues today. He plagiarized a campaign speech in 1987, he falsely accused the truck driver in the tragic crash that killed his wife and daughter of being drunk, and he basically accused Mitt Romney himself of being a racist when he infamously said in 2012, “They want to put y’all back in chains!”
“Joe Biden is a genuinely good man…”
Mittens, I will stop you from there. Anybody who bathes his child, drives one son to an intractable drug addiction, sells access to him for millions, sees differences as a challenge, isn’t good or genuine. https://t.co/dzQysvDGYJ
— RedInDC (@RealRedInDC) July 4, 2022
I’ve never bought into the “Nice Uncle Joe” character, and always thought he was mean as a junkyard dog. Look at him now, as he dismisses suffering Americans because he believes it’s all necessary to bring on the “liberal world order.”
I used to like Mitt Romney, and–sadly– voted for him for president in 2012; I hoped his business success would make him a good leader. Since he became Utah’s senator in 2018, though, he has drifted further and further toward the Democrats, to the point where the term “Mitt Romney Republican” is considered an insult.
His dark, miserable opinion piece is not what we need from a leader, especially on the day we celebrate our nation’s independence.
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