'I am so confused': Joe reacts to Sen. Romney's remarks on why Biden should've pardoned Trump

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, argued that President Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump after the Justice Department brought indictments against the former president and pressured New York prosecutors not to pursue Trump's ongoing hush money trial. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
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'I am so confused': Joe reacts to Sen. Romney's remarks on why Biden should've pardoned Trump
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@Galacticpurveyor Ай бұрын

Romney makes no sense. At all. In any way.

@toneyingram732 Ай бұрын

He will. always be in the good old boys evil club

@martin2289 Ай бұрын

Of course not. He's a Mormon, after all.

@aphillyate1 Ай бұрын

He makes a lot of sense. It's his clarion call to signal that he's still a republican.

@frederickfernandez787 Ай бұрын

Enough of the chaos already! Mr Romney, just shut up!

@maudeboggins9834 Ай бұрын

Bingo. He is a shortsighted fool. Trying to fool the country with his twaddle.

@karenwhite4453 Ай бұрын

It's insane to me that people are upset over student loan forgiveness but not the tax breaks for the rich. This country is so stupid

@angiebear8727 Ай бұрын

Voting against our own self interest since 1980 🤦‍♀️

@thefpvlife7785 Ай бұрын

Spot on. Nor a basic health care especially for the obese South.

@mgsschuback1004 Ай бұрын

Romney is up to something!

@antimediaman9354 Ай бұрын

Biden did nothing to the rich like he said he would. Zero!! That was his campaign promise and they are not even taxed heavily like promised.

@tareewoods2434 Ай бұрын

@@mgsschuback1004Let's leave conspiracies to the crazy right wingers. And keep in mind, tho not a crazy MAGA, Romney IS a Republican.

@donnablankenhorn5905 Ай бұрын

This statement from Romney is Beyond shocking!!

@brantleyerik Ай бұрын

There is a reason I say "trust no Republican."

@saraocampo9066 28 күн бұрын

No is not, very common republican politician

@audreyhiggins7793 Ай бұрын

You want to pardon a habitual criminal..🤔

@mariatu7452 Ай бұрын

Seriously 😮

@priscillamoore5736 Ай бұрын

Yes, because that would make Biden the "bigger guy" and it would make t#### the "smaller guy". Really?!?! *THAT* is Romney's reasoning as to *WHY* t#### should get away with this? I thought Romney was one of the "voices of reason" within the Republican party. Apparently, no longer.

@audreyhiggins7793 Ай бұрын

@priscillamoore5736 did I not say habitual..he has been getting away with crimes far to long...

@richarddixon4303 Ай бұрын

Will find out when Joe Dirt is on trial.

@audreyhiggins7793 Ай бұрын

@@richarddixon4303 you all are still clinging...🙃🙂🫠GO..JOE..😁😉😄

@janesmithattheseaside Ай бұрын

I don't care for very many Republicans, but I used to think Romney was fairly decent , but now I have lost ALL respect for him😡

@AngelaWeenink Ай бұрын

Me too

@1MarkKeller Ай бұрын

I keep saying this and they keep proving it to be true, "There are NO good Republicans left."

@SandraWade666 Ай бұрын

There are NO good Republicans still in office.

@smilingfox8978 Ай бұрын

We all figured he would denounce him but still vote for him.

@johnny5k Ай бұрын

Same

@jamesl9371 Ай бұрын

Romney is a rich Republican and thinks some privileged people should just get away with everything

@lr4204 Ай бұрын

The same guy who believes poor people needing shelter, food and healthcare feel entitled.

@eringo-bragh4243 Ай бұрын

I think you can nix 'some' from your comment.

@markhartung Ай бұрын

RINO James, not at all a republican...

@maltlicky4149 Ай бұрын

Bingo

@studiodsr Ай бұрын

@@markhartung he’s %100 a Republican. Any Democrat would understand the danger of pardoning Trump

@barakah856 Ай бұрын

Question for Mitt Romney: If someone broke into one of your children's homes and assaulted them and you were President, would you pardon them? Ya know, just to be "the bigger guy"?

@jackjames7283 Ай бұрын

he is not speaking out of justice, he speaking as a political move

@MicaOShea-oe7ir Ай бұрын

@jackjames7283 Which is why it's an attack on democracy as well as justice. The rule of law is a central pillar of democracy and it means the judicial branch must work independently from the legislative and executive branches. In other words, political interference in the justice system is anti-democratic and a slippery slope to kangaroo courts in banana republics.

@pana19561 Ай бұрын

I don't think we should take advise from someone who is jumping the ship....

@DouglasSandvos-yo1lt Ай бұрын

Thankfully, we'll never have President Romney.

@clayoreilly4553 Ай бұрын

We dodged a bullet on that one, for sure.

@user-kl6md2ob1i Ай бұрын

Truth hurts I guess

@user-kl6md2ob1i Ай бұрын

@@clayoreilly4553truth hurts I guess

@markhartung Ай бұрын

Or Biden again.......

@numberonedad Ай бұрын

yeah he has no idea he's giving the perfect example of why he's totally unqualified. he literally says that he would unconstitutionally violate separate powers because "it makes me the big guy!"

@hopeheavenonplanetearth1417 Ай бұрын

No, No, No! We the People need to see this process. The jury will decide. Not President Biden. Shame on you Mr. Romney. I had more respect for you until now. Have you joined MAGA?

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Totally agree 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙

@mikeryan8099 Ай бұрын

Grand juries of his piers indicted traitor trump. All the evidence is coming from his Republican employees and co-conspirators.

@soniapedroso4702 Ай бұрын

This from someone who saids he’s not voting for trump??? Shame on hm!

@laureenmcgrath3016 Ай бұрын

I never. Liked Mitt Romney. He's a total fool

@SusiesRepeat Ай бұрын

Ditto what you said.

@billiejoepellegrino6016 Ай бұрын

After seeing Romney say this I have lost any respect for him

@HepCatJack Ай бұрын

A pardon would have made Federal charges go away but not the state charges such as falsifying business records or the defamation suits.

@tonyjones1560 Ай бұрын

Any President who would be willing to pardon a predecessor involved in that documents case deserves to be impeached, removed from office and subjected to a serious counterintelligence investigation…and a sedition/espionage trial if warranted.

@E.HenryThripshaw Ай бұрын

If Trump goes unpunished there is no reason for any person to abide by the law, ever again. Not even paying parking tickets.

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Absolutely totally agree 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙

@cryptoqueen5962 Ай бұрын

If that's the case, Biden can refuse to leave office if he loses. He can issue the military to stop Trump & everyone else & pay no consequences for doing that! He's a coward, just like the rest of the Republicans!

@nonya.bizness Ай бұрын

well not "ANY person".

@paulagrant1073 Ай бұрын

There is no justice since Biden got in. He has put Americans in danger with his policies especially with the border. So do you daily you arrogant snobs. Not that you care. You cover up for Biden and his crimes and the crimes of his family. You overlook all his lies. God Biden has split this country. Then I figure you are just like him. Corrupt.

@tareewoods2434 Ай бұрын

Well, unfortunately, the little people would be dragged into prison cells.

@worksbydandeprez Ай бұрын

How does a former governor and current U.S. Senator not know that presidents cannot pardon state crimes?

@sandyedwards2681 Ай бұрын

Good point. Maybe he just got confused because of all the various cases against dt, that perhaps he just mixed it up with the federal cases.

@3mountains307 Ай бұрын

Romney knows, which is why he said Biden should have "pressured" Bragg. I still have a hard time with Romney saying treason is no big deal.

@AmericaUnited Ай бұрын

I suppose Romney was implying that Biden should pardon Trump for all of the crimes, indictments, felonies that are federal...and coerce the state authorities to drop their investigations as well. I usually can find common cause with Romney but he just went of the rails. The problem isn't that Joe Biden is enabling Trump to become even more popular with Republicans. It's that Republicans have zero courage to fix/course correct their party...and to tell their constituents the actual truth. Romney has tried to do this. But honestly, his party along with Mitch failed miserably to hold Trump accountable when he was impeached. Mitch could have removed Trump from the equation. But instead GOP leaders refused ...they lacked the courage and integrity. Romney was one of a tiny sliver of repubicans who voted to remove Trump. So don't keep blaming Democrats for Trump manipulating the media and manipulating the Republican leadership. That's on them. But we should all agree that no one is above the law....ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES!

@micheleconner5083 Ай бұрын

That's what I asked! The panel is obviously unaware of that,and so is Romney!

@user-qo3jh9mn1t Ай бұрын

"Trump faces four criminal charges of conspiring to defraud the government and disenfranchise voters, and corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. [2] This case includes Trump's involvement in the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack." Wikipedia. The documents case is federal and the election interference case, the other two are state. Let's hope he knows the difference. The state cases are why Trump wants the immunity from the Supreme Court. They seemed to be talking about the federal cases to me.

@ginadv5288 Ай бұрын

I just lost all respect for Mitt Romney😮 Shame on him😮

@warrenkelly7720 Ай бұрын

I never respected the VULTURE CAPITALIST

@garyluck8502 Ай бұрын

Romney is wrong on this BIG TIME!!!

@bryanismyname7583 Ай бұрын

He is wrong, but I think it's like Joe said: Romney thinks he's being a peace broker, above the fray, by saying this. But it contradicts his own vote to convict Trump. Republicans like Mitch McConnell said "we don't need to convict him here because the courts can do it." Of course now they say, "well he was already impeached and so the courts shouldn't be taking this up." It's a stupid game, but one that Romney was smart to avoid until now. I don't know why he thinks he needs influence within the party, since he is retiring. So, he's kind of muddying his legacy here.

@lisandroesterga1858 Ай бұрын

No, Romney. That would've been the WRONG thing to do.

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Exactly 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙

@jcbell-dh1bm Ай бұрын

Yeah, I wouldn't have supported Trump had there not been any charges.

@antimediaman9354 Ай бұрын

It's "We the people" and not just the DEMS or Government and what we say goes wether we want a law breaker or not in office. If the public fogives him they have the power and not the DEMS and ther laws. We the people" surpass the rule of law. It is the only rule of law.

@daveapplemotors Ай бұрын

@@jcbell-dh1bm So you would support trump is there were charges?

@hushmoney2058 Ай бұрын

You won't say that at the end of the Year ....

@deegir3354 Ай бұрын

The president doesn’t control NYC. Sorry Mitt.

@annakingry9157 Ай бұрын

Or Georgia.

@kylegrant9980 Ай бұрын

Its someone from the biden DOJ in charge of the NY case. Its going to blow up when the jury ends up being hung on the NY case.

@middle_of_the_road Ай бұрын

That is not accurate. The president does not but the party does. If the powers that be say end this they would end it. These are elected people who are owned by the party so they can be in those positions of power.

@DarksideDave42 Ай бұрын

@@middle_of_the_road LBJ might have wielded that kind of muscle but no one since then .... Lots of democrats have built a strong local following by proving that they do NOT toe the party line .... A good example right now is Senator Jon Tester in Montana .... I'm a LeftyL00nyL!bt@rd myself and disagree with some of his centrist positions but I definitely respect him and have to consider that on some of those issues he might be right and I might be wrong ...

@LT-em1vu Ай бұрын

No MSNBC does. They lied about Trump everyday and that my fried is not Democracy, too brainwash people before the trial is over

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Romney is wealthy enough to pay for his own security ad leaving the senate but he STILL tries to Bothsides the question in a way favorable to Rump!

@tonyjones1560 Ай бұрын

It’s a shame, too, because I kinda liked this guy. Stunts like this are the reason why I, personally, have written off the Republican Party. You just never know when a so-called RINO will decide to try for power by taking the Orange MAGA Kool Aid like it was the Super Soldier Stack…

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Romney never knew when to STOP TALKING.

@sharongrandi6903 Ай бұрын

I never liked Romney and his ongoing actions continue to prove why. Pathetic

@kathyrama4570 Ай бұрын

He is a REPUBLICAN.

@barbarashea1975 Ай бұрын

Thank you love your comment. The simple truth.

@s.l.nicholson4240 Ай бұрын

Absolutely.

@3mountains307 Ай бұрын

Romney showed his true colors when he was running for president. He doesn't think much of anyone who is not rich...as in millionaires.

@mariegeorge8865 Ай бұрын

I always found Romney a hypocrite.

@johnmckinnon420 Ай бұрын

Americans need justice! LOCK TRUMP UP!

@sayhisnamewhickerfjb Ай бұрын

Ok, Adolf darling

@Tessmage_Tessera Ай бұрын

@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb We're locking Trump in prison, and there's nothing you can do about it. How you feel about us will never be important. We're a lot bigger than you.

@annar6591 Ай бұрын

@@sayhisnamewhickerfjb"Adolf" didn't believe in justice, rule of law, only what HE wanted the laws to be-try again!

@RODavis-me9go Ай бұрын

@ComradeHillary What does you comment seek to express? Who are you labeling Adolf?? This is; it seems to me, is a reference to Hitler and dictatorship.

@WinstonBartholomewIII Ай бұрын

@@sayhisnamewhickerfjbbrain worms got you to?

@davidgoosen1633 Ай бұрын

Needs to go mitt Romney needs to go mitt Romney needs to go!!

@jcoopes5604 Ай бұрын

He’s leaving at the end of his term!

@NiGiff Ай бұрын

The state of American politics is an absolute embarrassment.

@aexious Ай бұрын

We shouldn't have pardoned Nixon. This is where we are now

@Bigfoot-px9gj Ай бұрын

_"We"_ didn't pardon Nixon. The only President and Vice President that was never elected to either office did that. Gerald R. Ford (The R stand for Republicon.)

@daveburrows9876 Ай бұрын

We didn't pardon Nixon. Ford did. May that always be his legacy.

@candacen7779 Ай бұрын

Exactly. 🎯 Ford's actions is what got us here in the first place.

@victoriabaker4400 Ай бұрын

Direct line from pardon of Nixon to trump's crimes. There are other direct lines as well, but here we are talking about pardons.

@kalabangle6450 Ай бұрын

Mitch McConnell should have went for the Senate conviction after Jan 6, 2021! Call it out and vote out all these traitors out! Biden/Harris 2024 vote blue. Saw a good one on YT Vote for Joe not the psycho!!!!

@RODavis-me9go Ай бұрын

Another Republican showing his distan for the U. S. Constitution.

@kathyp760 Ай бұрын

Yep There's another one Republican party is basically gone

@bellathuy127 Ай бұрын

No more Republicans..we are need to vote for democrats

@Emmanuel7lion Ай бұрын

Disdain

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

Sometimes you never know who is sleeping with the enemy.

@1burnman Ай бұрын

Sad and true

@vickitaylor680 Ай бұрын

How did pardoning a president work out for Gerald Ford?

@rhondacampbell775 Ай бұрын

I can't believe Romney said that.

@markphc99 Ай бұрын

No , Gerald Ford should not have pardoned Nixon.

@Ilovemesomemj1 Ай бұрын

That's a large reason as to why he was not voted back in

@AngelaWeenink Ай бұрын

Exactly. That was also very stupid.

@1MarkKeller Ай бұрын

The start of all this nonsense happening in the Republican Party with Trump can be traced straight to Nixon's pardon.

@hushmoney2058 Ай бұрын

They on the Same Team Fool ...

@MossyMozart Ай бұрын

@@hushmoney2058 - Yes, they were, but it's no reason to launch an ad hominem attack.

@stephenpeckham6183 Ай бұрын

Romney is losing the plot now…..

@NickRichards Ай бұрын

Romney had that awkward Trump encounter, years ago, where he was doing his insincere smile, and then they had their falling out. This seems to be happening again. It looks like Romney has an addiction to power and is willing to suckle at the teet of Mama powerful.

@NickRichards Ай бұрын

Romney should have said, "Trump should not have committed these crimes. He should not have committed crime after crime after crime. Trump should have led with integrity." Counteracting Trump's populist movement, all agree with Romney, It's tricky. But you do that by just establishing a higher moral ground. Not by fighting on Trump's terms necessarily. Be bigger by actually being bigger. Be the size of the entirety of human moral history. That's big. Why do we have law at all? Because otherwise we all suffer in the end.

@Mackalkka Ай бұрын

The idea of pardoning the ex president essentially gives the ex-president a pass to do whatever the heck he wants with no accountability.

@tja3495 Ай бұрын

@@Mackalkka 💯 🎯👍 True Statement!!!

@monrush Ай бұрын

The magic underpants are shutting off the circulation to his brain..

@jerelbonner6716 Ай бұрын

Why pardon someone who claims he did nothing wrong?

@DarksideDave42 Ай бұрын

Good point ... He needs to confess to the CRIMES and show remorse for the CRIMES before asking for a pardon for the CRIMES .... Mitt seems to be putting the cart 10 miles in front of the horse ..... 🐴

@roddyboethius1722 28 күн бұрын

How can you pardon someone who hasn't been convicted?

@DarksideDave42 27 күн бұрын

@@roddyboethius1722 That's just one of the reasons so many people objected to Ford pardoning Nixon ..... I'm an old guy .... I remember ....

@user-ds7bn8el4c Ай бұрын

Romney is WRONG! NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW

@susanavilez9302 Ай бұрын

Sad, Romney just showed he has no respect or value for the law. Forget about politics, without law and order we are nothing.

@dthomas9230 Ай бұрын

Romneycare for MA was the precursor for ACA. Hillary tried to copy a bit of it under Clinton, but Bill chose NAFTA instead of healthcare after Kissinger told him he couldn't do both.

@antimediaman9354 Ай бұрын

Biden had 4 years to make the rfich pay higher taxes and he didn't instead he gave em more breaks. He's a liar and broke his campaign promise.

@clareerickson9136 Ай бұрын

Well his Mormon church commits crimes and he thinks that is ok too.

@ericlipps9459 Ай бұрын

Romney has revealed that when push comes to shove, he's a Republican first and an American second.

@lindahaltam6535 Ай бұрын

AMEN as the whole freedom caucus just protested for and admitted they are over riding the gag order on purpose?

@c.m.169 Ай бұрын

No, don't pardon that criminal. We the people need to see accountability for the damage he's done to our country.

@MsIndieRay Ай бұрын

PJB would have a grave problem with me if he pardon trump.

@grahamdiegelman1467 Ай бұрын

Yes, but it should be held off until after the election because now trump will attract more voters. Jail or not. Remember what he said "I am your retribution"

@gloriawitek6401 Ай бұрын

You are referring to Biden's Bribery, correct?

@Certifiedgood Ай бұрын

What the heck is Romney on.

@kendricklewis4947 Ай бұрын

That was stupid,like chump would just disappear and we don’t hear from him anymore!?

@rickmoss6421 Ай бұрын

Romney: "You may not agree with me." The majority of the country: "We definitely don't agree with you." But this is EXHIBIT A of why Romney was NEVER really presidential material. No real surprise here.

@Max-ek3kf Ай бұрын

no, this was a smart thing for him to say.

@rickmoss6421 Ай бұрын

@@Max-ek3kf No, it wasn't. And if you think it was, it was a dumb thing for you to write. No one is above the law.

@Max-ek3kf Ай бұрын

@@rickmoss6421 nobody said hes above the law. federal pardons are within the confines of the law. mitt is not pro trump

@rickmoss6421 Ай бұрын

@@Max-ek3kf Are you not aware of the fact that a president can't pardon state crimes? These alleged infractions are being tried at the state level. For whatever reasons, the feds chose not to pursue it. The state of New York, felt it had a strong case.

@Tessmage_Tessera Ай бұрын

I can't imagine a single good reason for Biden to pardon Trump. Why should he?

@RainbowMaille Ай бұрын

He absolutely should NOT, nixon should NEVER have been pardoned either, it sets a horrible precedent.

@laoxinat Ай бұрын

Holding Trump accountable is literally the definition of being the bigger guy. How does Romney not understand that pardonimg Trump would embolden him even further. What he doesn't understand is that Trump would happily outlaw the LDS church because his Christian Right brown shirts don't think Mormons are real Christians. 🙄

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Absolutely totally agree 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙

@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 Ай бұрын

To dissolve the noise? Not saying I embrace that position, just I see his point of not energizing Trump.

@JohnnyChapman-jp1ej Ай бұрын

@@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239It won't work. He'll never shut up. He'll always betray everyone and everything.

@deniserush7089 Ай бұрын

All these people are completely OUT of their minds , out of touch, and a complete DANGER to all Americans including the ignorant ones.

@slick1377 Ай бұрын

I would like to know what Romney's price was?

@pmmk24 Ай бұрын

Romney voted to impeach Trump . Now he wants Biden to pardon him ??? I am shocked and so surprised . I have lost all respect for Romney .

@victoriabaker4400 Ай бұрын

Well as Stephanie noted, Romney admitted on record that he feels he can't commit to certain statements because it would end all of his "influence" on the party. I would have to say that Romney has no influence whatsoever on the party as it stands, but he could do a lot of good if he would stand up publicly for Biden, so that any sane Republicans who remain would have solidarity and support for voting for Biden.

@locadisa Ай бұрын

They didn't finish hearing him out. People do not not realize that Trump thrives on staying in the limelight. Just as long as he stays in the minds of the American voter he has the ability to influence millions. Repubs strategy is working. Trump is trending daily and we are all humming repetitive tunes. Those that we are absolutely disgusted by....nevertheless we are still humming.🫣 🧐

@teresalee467 Ай бұрын

@locadisa maybe if wasn't running again, but he is running again. So we are supposed to just let it happen again?

@victoriabaker4400 Ай бұрын

@locadisa This is an argument for failing to hold him accountable. That would be even worse in terms of his benefit. So, no, there is no good argument for Romney's position. And his whole thing of, oh pardoning would make Biden the bigger man. That's bs too.

@rathertiredofthemess2841 Ай бұрын

You had respect for him ever? Seriously?

@elizabethhjenkins6172 Ай бұрын

All I can say is that I have lost any and all respect for Mitt Romney. He has lost his mind.

@ghostface4404 Ай бұрын

You should've known what he was trying to do during the worst of COVID. As people were dying left and right -- he wanted to cut massive funds from government assistance programs IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC!!! ... "Character"... Tisk!

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

He damned well has. For just a short while I thought that we could trust him. He got kudos for pulling away from maga! *It's all BS now!!!!* 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

@@ghostface4404 I didn't even realize he wanted to do that!! Wtaf??!!!!

@71suns Ай бұрын

WASHINGTON DC WALLSTREET INC IS A CLUB. A THOROUGHLY SEAMLESS CORRUPT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION from the judiciary to the executive branch. Regardless of what party is currently in the majority. The corruption has become more blatant and accepted overtime for those who have primarily BENEFITED. Listening to Romney slither... continue to attempt to justify and be an apologist for one of the most BLATANTLY CORRUPT, TWO-BIT SHYSTER CON-Artists who have ever occupied the office of the Presidency is despicable beyond articulation.

@neilbiggs1353 Ай бұрын

It's tragic that his argument was about retaining his power. What good is that if he won't use his power to fight against the corruption inherent in Trump and MAGA?

@ksb2112 Ай бұрын

It's funny Romney brought up LBJ when he really should have brought up Gerald Ford.

@williamknell864 Ай бұрын

Does accepting a pardon require an admission of guilt? You can't pardon an innocent man.

@miamidadeification Ай бұрын

Why should Biden forgive Trump? I lost all respect for Romney

@pheresy1367 Ай бұрын

I know... for a second there I ALMOST had some.... Imagine "that feeble reasoning" as president.... Ugh.

@MT-qw3ou Ай бұрын

Biden is reserving the pardon for himself.

@Karen-ci7eu Ай бұрын

😤☝️ IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT, WOULD DONALD TRUMP HAVE PARDONED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN?? NO HE WOULDN'T HAVE! BEGGING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO PARDON HIS ENEMY RIVAL IS TOTALLY INSANE AND INHUMANE! SERIOUSLY MITT??? THAT'S JUST LIKE SUSAN COLLINS CLAIMING THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS LEARNED HIS LESSON! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@thewolfdoctor761 Ай бұрын

Romney just lost all credibility. Pardon a criminal and wannabe dictator?

@patriciajones9987 29 күн бұрын

What a shame. This shocked me. Why did he bother to vote for him to be impeached now he is doing a back flip.

@mallorymantiply2772 Ай бұрын

mittens would have blown Trump to be VP

@elizabethparkhurst2824 Ай бұрын

Why is mitt caving…what?

@deborahreeder7374 Ай бұрын

I most strenuously disagree with Romney. Pardoning Trump would send the WRONG message!!

@heatherberry01 Ай бұрын

Exactly!!! Sorry Mitt! That doesn’t make any sense!

@JonathanJones-rr5zs Ай бұрын

From the people who would lock up Hillary over missing E Mail.

@lindahaltam6535 Ай бұрын

Deemed Personal. None of which the Trump administration followed

@Max-ek3kf Ай бұрын

romney never said that

@lindamullens5545 Ай бұрын

He has lost his mind, glad I never had the opportunity to support Romney for anything.

@michelleanderson6644 Ай бұрын

Pardon the criminal? How did that work out for Gerald Ford?

@LoisChisholm Ай бұрын

Pardoning Trump would be an even bigger mistake than Ford Pardoning Nixon. Lord keep us from repeating history. GOP needs to stand on their hind legs, grow some stones, and say "Enough of the MAGA insanity. This must end sooner rather than later."

@YodatheHobbit Ай бұрын

Would you say the same had Nixon become a dictator running for reelection? Didn't something like that happen in The Watchmen comic?

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Absolutely totally agree 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙

@kendrabryant4738 Ай бұрын

Nixon was no where near as dangerous as Trump, like not even close. Pardoning Trump would be a TERRIBLE idea and would embolden & encourage future presidents to break the law because they would know that they won’t face real consequences for anything.

@kylegrant9980 Ай бұрын

@@kendrabryant4738 Do you actually believe Trump is that bad? You lived for 4 years with him as president and the world kept spinning, Maybe you are just mentally ill?

@elenalatici9568 Ай бұрын

Pardoning Nixon is part of how we got where we are now.

@jopipes9963 Ай бұрын

Pardon Trump? It's absolutely ridiculous. Romne's logic is disgusting and weak. Character matters, and Mitt shows why he didn't become potus.

@fifermcgee5971 Ай бұрын

Trump must be held accountable.

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

Bingo!

@mprice8851 Ай бұрын

If Trump is not held accountable then the presidency becomes even more of a hotbed of illegal activity.

@burritosupremejeem Ай бұрын

Don't forget, PATHETIC.

@spiceyhotpot Ай бұрын

The excuses were laughable, and the crimes that Dump committed were far and above anything that could be excused.

@monicajames6293 Ай бұрын

I've been wanting to say this for awhile...I want to hear Mika's opinions more often. She seems more like a prop on the show and she is an intelligent woman. Sincerely!

@johnniewaters3726 Ай бұрын

It's a sad day in America, sell out adults that you use to respect.

@angiebear8727 Ай бұрын

Romney Romney Romney….. you are one of the true conservatives left but obviously don’t have 1/10th the balls or drive to protect our democracy of Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger. Very disappointing

@maharajjinkb7824 Ай бұрын

Cheney, Kinzinger - sell outs. Cheney was flushed out in the next election. Kinzinger decided not to run. Romney has trouble deciding which side he's on.

@worthyofdeath Ай бұрын

😊

@user-pp1yp2ig4j Ай бұрын

EXTREMELY!!!

@mrsciottimta Ай бұрын

Maybe, Romney has dementia

@hermandegroot1946 Ай бұрын

But he is a good christian 😂

@jst3134 Ай бұрын

How disgusting.

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Romney seems to be living in the past, where government was cordial and civil. Where forgiveness so we can move on might have helped us move on. But that's what poor old President Ford thought, and here we are - with an F-ton of unsolved problems that we could have faced and settled by now if Ford had not pardoned Nixon.

@judithjerde1574 29 күн бұрын

he's beyond wealthy what does he care? He should just go home and be quiet!

@brendaevans1378 Ай бұрын

Romney just can't get the Republican party out of him is he crazy 😜🤨

@NekoMouser Ай бұрын

"Hi, my name's Mitt Romney and I have learned absolutely nothing from history..."

@sbwantstoknow Ай бұрын

I‘m sure voters would have turned on Biden if he had pardoned Trump.

@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886 Ай бұрын

The voters turned on Ford when he pardoned Nixon.

@bobevans9955 Ай бұрын

They're already turning on Biden and because he has done absolutely nothing for the American people except make things more expensive oh and him spewing tons of hate towards half the American people

@lovetheobscurities Ай бұрын

Great point.

@callmasiseemindeed8207 Ай бұрын

No doubt!

@HuskyOwner-bl1jf Ай бұрын

Most definitely

@woodwage7988 Ай бұрын

Anyway, citing what L.B.J.would of done, really wasn't one of our most stand up presidents we've ever had😢..As history shows, he was a much bigger crook than Nixon..But since back then they all scratched each others back...well, Romilly has made it clear, it was a better way of deceiving the people than what's happening today😢..

@sealyoness Ай бұрын

Gosh, where have I heard 'separate but equal before'?

@FG-hw5ep Ай бұрын

This is very disappointing coming from Romney.

@KhonsurasBalancedWaytoWellness Ай бұрын

Very. But she would be surprised? Once a Trumper always a Maganut!

@MrNewstyle23 Ай бұрын

I’m not. Romney has been a sycophant from the very beginning.

@JohnMoseley Ай бұрын

He's only good in relative terms. He's still a Republican.

@phyllishenderson2704 Ай бұрын

True! Very Disappointing!!

@j10001 Ай бұрын

He was never a Trumper

@theirishman8356 Ай бұрын

Romney is a joke.

@paulweaver7074 Ай бұрын

I understand Romney's point IF Trump is somehow precluded from holding office after the pardon. I just want him to go away too, but is he suggesting that Biden pardon Trump, at which point Trump is free to run for a second term? No, I don't see the benefit in that at all.

@mybachhertzbaud3074 28 күн бұрын

Having lived in Utah most of my life, Sen. Romney's remarks are so similar to how the LDS church tries to just wash away any wrong doing by it's leaders. Truly juvenile .🤔

@factofrealitytv4294 Ай бұрын

NO WAY! trump should NOT have a pardon, quite the opposite! no one is above the law!

@Oz1111 Ай бұрын

I thought at least Romney had some sense, I was wrong. John McCain, would never say these things. He had honor, dignity, character, unlike spineless Romney. There is not a single republican left that will stand up to Trump in either side of the house. If Trump is elected, this country is done.

@The15iceiceice15 Ай бұрын

Actually, the main reason Trump is running again is to save himself from jail. So the pardon would've made some sense if it made Trump retire.

@ednanacar4330 Ай бұрын

😢👍💯

@nomore6167 Ай бұрын

@@The15iceiceice15 "So the pardon would've made some sense if it made Trump retire" - Do you honestly believe that Trump would have faded away into the sunset if he were pardoned? It would only have increased his rhetoric about how he "did nothing wrong" and that "it's all political". Also, Biden could not have pardoned Trump for state charges (Georgia and New York).

@urbanlibertarian2520 Ай бұрын

They are both A hole just like Clinton Obama Biden Hillary and so many other. Corruption goes beyond political party

@sylviagoodman6008 Ай бұрын

Making a deal with the devil! I'm sure we could rely on trumps word to not run if pardoned!

@CurtTweedle Ай бұрын

As for the buying votes thing. Isn't any and every policy that is pushed for or pushed against a way of buying votes? Add or remove a regulation or law can encourage someone to vote for a party. This point is never the win that the GOP thinks it is.

@andreagonzalez9336 Ай бұрын

Wow Romney was high or interviewing for VP.

@johnunderwood43 Ай бұрын

Donnie's a traitor and anyone who says that he should be pardoned for that is a traitor too.

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

*100%!*

@petercullen9880 Ай бұрын

What? I thought Romney had more integrity.

@phampton16 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@goodgraydragon Ай бұрын

That’s one helluva deterrent. Can we apply it to everyone?

@donaldbenjamin8342 Ай бұрын

Mitt mitt mitt. Not good.

@irisradinger1632 Ай бұрын

What is wrong with Romney? What an absolutely crazy thought!

@The15iceiceice15 Ай бұрын

not a crazy thought if it made Trump retire. Remember the number 1 reason Trump is running again is to avoid jail.

@jtpett39 Ай бұрын

@@The15iceiceice15 Trump doesn't want to retire he wants the power and these keys to the store again.Even if he had no cases he would still run again.

@hushmoney2058 Ай бұрын

Now Trump will just Pardon himself ...

@The15iceiceice15 Ай бұрын

@@jtpett39 You don't know that. No one can predict what Trump will do. If he decides to run again, Biden ("the pardoner") would get the upperhand in the polls, unlike now.

@jtpett39 Ай бұрын

@@The15iceiceice15 You are truly clueless.If Biden did pardon Trump he would surely loss the election.People want Trump punished for all his crimes.

@TheBurmeseDude Ай бұрын

You might pardon someone who has remorse, now realizes right vs wrong, stopped doing whatever he was accused of. That ain't Trump. Unfortunately, Senator Romney is wrong on this.

@kkbo3478 Ай бұрын

Trump SAID he will do Worse if elected again!

@PoeLemic Ай бұрын

Yes, very wrong.

@4leafclover243 Ай бұрын

Not just wrong absolute justice needs to hold Donald accountable for all crimes personal and federal. No dual justice system which is what is happening today.

@ColleenHutchison-bh4ph Ай бұрын

Totally and completely wrong. So wrong that I am now convinced that he was never qualified to be president. Even now, protecting the party over the country.

@melsl0an Ай бұрын

When you are dealing with a malignant narcissist, everything you know about being human is working against you.

@u2u4ic Ай бұрын

presidents pardoning previous presidents is almost the same as presidential immunity, no?

@Edwin1947D Ай бұрын

His comments about issuing a pardon to Trump or interfering with the DOJ in the prosecution of Trump are appalling. Doing so would elevate a former president to the level of an unaccountable monarch above the law. Idiotic and unAmerican.

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

*I think he should RETIRE!* He has shown his cards and should NOT even hold office! THIS is the kind of CRAP that we the people MUST!! (We Have To!!) CLEAN UP and SWEEP AWAY!!!!

@waterfuntimes Ай бұрын

From "The Party of Personal Responsibility," which doesn't want to take responsibility for anything.

@jackburton6462 Ай бұрын

Typical maga, and it's disgusting. All of em, from Trump all the way down to Noem need serious prison time.

@jamescarter8699 Ай бұрын

His comment is a glimpse into the mindset & incite of those privileged that think themselves above the common man & laws. Which is why there is so much America will not survive without a clean slate of Government.

@seraeirian2 Ай бұрын

@@waterfuntimes Seems like they are the party of many many things that they aren't. Perhaps the Party of Hypocricy is the most fitting.

@christophermotyka5384 Ай бұрын

No he shouldn't pardon this traitor 🙄

@connied8507 Ай бұрын

Trump's offenses are too serious to pardon.

@kirkshar Ай бұрын

Remember Mitch saying it wasn't his job to bring trump to justice. It was to be handled by the courts. Now, dismiss the courts?

@RobertLangdonCapeCanaveral Ай бұрын

YES, and it drives me batty listening to MCCONNELL (of all people) now bashing the criminal justice system! No spine, no respect for anything, including himself and the Constitution. 😕

@DarksideDave42 Ай бұрын

TurtleBoy has shown many times that honesty, fairness, consistency and HONOR have no place in his vocabulary ...

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

HE is another TRAITOR that I've known about for years and years. He is rotting and always has been! WHY people keep electing traitors is BEYOND me!

@Saje3D Ай бұрын

Yes. Precisely.

@jamespppyacek342 Ай бұрын

McConnell is in it for the power. I read a bio of him and why he married into a rich shipping family. Says what he needs to, when he needs to.

@WilliamWonka7777 Ай бұрын

Than why did Romney vote to impeach twice ?

@tommcfadden5232 Ай бұрын

Perhaps because he believed Trump had committed serious crimes and misdemeanors and thus wasn’t fit to be President. Had Trump been impeached he would not be eligible to run for President again. However, he would not have automatically gone to prison. Trump would have had to be tried in court and convicted of a the crime he was impeached for.

@chijiokepenny2100 Ай бұрын

Great point

@Jabberwalkie-zi5tu Ай бұрын

He knew there wouldn't be the votes

@user-gy5xc5yo3w Ай бұрын

Because He is cunning, and traitorous. Just like a viper, to pounce on any chance to benefit from it. If party would vote whom to nominee, between Trump and Himself, id guarantee you, he'd endorse Himself, not Trump, and vote to impeach trump 100%

@flyrobin2544 Ай бұрын

He's just not as smart as we thought he was. It's way too dangerous to give Trump or any insurrectionist a pass!

@pampurr1 29 күн бұрын

OMFG! I just lost all respect for him.

@2dronetek2 Ай бұрын

I'm glad Romney has decided not to run for office again.

@cohenworrior898 Ай бұрын

3:15 It's the Republicans who couldn't move on from Donald Trump.

@albertlucia6675 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the clarification.

@Justin-ti5cc Ай бұрын

With a government like the one we have, it's a miracle that we're still breathing.

@bonefishboards Ай бұрын

Geez, what broke inside Romney?

@SledDog5678 Ай бұрын

EXACTLY! ! ! WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT HE HAS BECOME!!!

@UMVELINQANGI Ай бұрын

His brain, his dignity and his soul.

@stockstock6805 Ай бұрын

Nothing!! He's just the same ol rich, selfish, Venture/Vulture Capitalist, out of touch flip flopping Romney who lost to Barack Obama in 2012 and who also crawled back to Trmp after the 2016 election begging for a job in the new Trmp's administration and Trmp dropped a big NO on him😂

@Tessmage_Tessera Ай бұрын

Fear.

@dthomas9230 Ай бұрын

@@SledDog5678His National Hot Dog Day tribute was absurd.

@tonycasarrubia1394 Ай бұрын

Now we know why Romney was never a President. His mind is confused on the issue of right and wrong.

@debraderoos5225 Ай бұрын

Oddly though, Trump became president.

@sylviagoodman6008 Ай бұрын

Fools see someone on TV and they think ah ha...they should be president! Remember Reagan!

@nakedreef Ай бұрын

@@sylviagoodman6008 NEVER *EVER* vote for an *ACTOR!!* That is shooting ourselves right in the foot!!! 😏 WHY???? *Well, DUHHH - BECAUSE THEY ACT!* This is NOT rocket science! 🙄😠

@user-ms4zc6cm3j Ай бұрын

That because he's very rich and he thinks rich people is above the law

@KrisMoe 29 күн бұрын

There has to be consequences for bad behavior to send the message to future bad guys!

@itsjustme7487 Ай бұрын

This made me lose the respect I once had for Romney.

@lorilxn1597 Ай бұрын

We can't heal as long as justice isn't done

@victoriabaker4400 Ай бұрын

No justice, no peace.

@rathertiredofthemess2841 Ай бұрын

And we never did after Ford Pardoned Nixon.

@lorilxn1597 Ай бұрын

@@rathertiredofthemess2841 I was 10 in 1973 but I still remember the trials on TV. There was only 4 channels so not a lot to choose from so we watched things like that.

@rathertiredofthemess2841 Ай бұрын

@@lorilxn1597 well? Ford pardoned Nixon the day before my 12th birthday, effectively ending my childhood. The rest of my childhood was spent trying to understand what happened. It had a profound effect on my political bent.

@lorilxn1597 Ай бұрын

@@rathertiredofthemess2841 well what? It had an effect on me too growing up. I'm sure it did on many of us.

@alisondorian2306 Ай бұрын

NO- NO-NOBODY should be interfering with justice.

@sylviagoodman6008 Ай бұрын

Tell the Speaker of the House!

@jp13119 Ай бұрын

@@sylviagoodman6008 He's a Traitor to the USA🇺🇸14/3!🇺🇸

@auberthere3737 Ай бұрын

If there are pardons there needs to be rules to qualify for a pardon, and not handed out like Halloween candy!

@grahamdiegelman1467 Ай бұрын

Yeah. tell that to the man who violated the gag order like 10 times and still hasn't been jailed

@Maks-yv7gd Ай бұрын

So stop selective prosecution, this is fascism under Joe Biden, the fascists called the victims fascists -

@JamesHouston-by3oq Ай бұрын

Someone who almost fell victim to the wrath of the 1/6 insurrectionists, now says some of the most ludicrous things. Absent the black policeman redirecting you, your health and/or life would have been at risk. The reason we are in the present situation is because the rules of law were prevented from moving forward to create a precedent for handling illegal acts by a sitting President. I thought your "corporations are people too "position was as inane as you could be, but now you are saying things that overshadows the inanity of that position.Anyone who is willing to allow fascism and a threat to the rules of law and democracy be jeopardized because of some partisan ideology are a danger to the health of the nation.