Little more than six months ago Senator-elect Mitt Romney (R-UT) promised voters he would "speak out" against President Donald Trump's racism. On Monday, Senator Mitt Romney blamed the targets of President Donald Trump's two-day racism fest for the President's own racism.
"I will speak out against significant statements or actions," by President Trump, "that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions," Romney said in a New Year's Day 2019 Washington Post op-ed.
Speaking with a reporter for an NBC affiliate in Massachusetts, Romney's former home state where he served as governor, the now-Utah Republican was asked about Trump's "go back" remarks to four progressive Democratic Congresswomen.
“I certainly feel a number of these new members of Congress have views that are not consistent with my experience and not consistent with building a strong America,” Romney told Alison King of NBC10 in Boston.
“At the same time, I recognize that the Pres[ident] has a unique and noble calling to unite all Americans regardless of our creeds or race or place of our national origin and I think in that case, the Pres[ident] fell far short,” Romney said, according to King:
.@MittRomney on Trump calling for 4 congresswoman to go back to their countries of origin? “I certainly feel a num… https://t.co/kGYIaT15kc— Alison King NBC10 Boston (@Alison King NBC10 Boston) 1563214479.0
Romney was immediately blasted for using his personal experience to judge racism in America.
@AlisonNBCBoston @MittRomney @NBC10Boston My White Experience— lee sanders😞 (@lee sanders😞) 1563215107.0
@AlisonNBCBoston @MittRomney @NBC10Boston Why is anyone surprised? This is the guy who skipped out on serving his c… https://t.co/PVmsA3wKGP— LivingLiberally (@LivingLiberally) 1563215352.0
One year before Senator-elect Romney's promise to speak out against Trump's racism, and before he had officially declared his intention to run for the Senate, Romney blasted President Trump's racist remarks, made in a meeting on immigration, as "antithetical to American values."
