All posts tagged "Mitt Romney"

A former GOP strategist was spooked by who he saw calling out Elon Musk's midterm spending, saying it's a telling sign.

During an episode of The Bulwark Daily, Tim Miller and The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel talked about the political influence of wealthy tech figures, and at one point, focused in on Musk's reportedly dumping more than $100 million across midterm states like Maine to benefit Republicans. However, Miller was especially worried after seeing that former GOP Sen. Mitt Romney sounded the alarm on Musk.

Miller mentioned that he saw a clip where Romney called out Musk during an interview with McKay Coppins, a staff writer with The Atlantic who wrote a 2023 Romney biography....

Mitt Romney set off a flurry of reactions after publishing an op-ed calling for higher taxes on wealthy Americans like himself.

The former Utah senator and 2012 Republican presidential nominee, who made his fortune primarily his private equity firm Bain Capital, wrote a column published Friday by the New York Times arguing that the traditional political debate between Democrats insisting on higher taxes and Republicans insisting on lower spending was no longer sufficient to meet the nation's needs.

"I believe in free enterprise, and I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success," Romney wrote. "But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more."...

But what about Donald Trump’s Truth Social stock?

The former president’s massive financial assets were a primary concern of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs debate Wednesday over whether Congress should ban federal lawmakers — and presidents — from owning and trading stocks and other investments.

“We don't want people in Congress trading stocks, playing the stock market. That's, if you will, the sheep's clothing over this wolf piece of legislation,” Romney said at the meeting. “What you're not talking about is that this has been drafted in a way that is really quite thoughtless, which is it requires divestiture for people who want to become a congressperson or president or vice president.”...

Sen. Mitt Romney's suggestion that President Joe Biden should have pardoned former President Donald Trump has critics gleeful that the Utah Republican was never elected president.

Romney shared this controversial opinion Wednesday with MSNBC journalist Stephanie Ruhle.

“[Biden] should have fought like crazy to keep this prosecution from going forward,” Romney said. “It was a win-win for Donald Trump.”...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is making the Republican Party look ridiculous.

That’s according to Republican senators.

In exclusive interviews with 22 Republican U.S. senators, Raw Story found a trend — ranging from annoyance to anger to alarm — over the Georgia Republican congresswoman’s plan to formally deploy her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johson this week. ...

Kristi Noem’s new book, in which the South Dakota governor and Donald Trump vice presidential aspirant describes why she killed her 14-month-old dog, has sparked widespread outrage.

But to the California Republican Party, reading about how Noem shot Cricket — her family’s wirehair pointer — is a perk.

The book, No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, is included with every purchase of a ticket for a lunch banquet May 18 in Burlingame, Calif., during the California GOP Convention....