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The case for Mitt Romney




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Politics in America has become a circus.

We're led by an orange peel, his opponent always likes to point out he has a black best friend and somehow we're okay with white people rioting but not black people. residential candidate Mitt Romney, who has emerged as a calming voice of reason in the Republican party.

How though? 

It was nearly eight years ago, that Joe Biden accused this man of wanting to bring back slavery.  Now, it seems like there's always a feel-good story about something Romney's done to stand up against President Trump.

On Sunday he was filmed marching with protestors to the White House chanting "Black Lives Matter," and yesterday the guy introduced his own bill on reforming the policing system in America. Let's not forget that months before this, he was the only Republican senator to vote for Trump's impeachment conviction and a few more months before that called the president out for trying to get Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden.

The truth is, Mitt Romney has always been a principled politician, it was how he was raised. Romney is the son of former Michigan Governor George Romney who oversaw the state during the 1967 Detroit riots that left 43 people dead and 2,000 buildings destroyed. 

During that time, the former Republican Governor was also known for speaking out against his party including standing up to Barry Goldwater at the Republican National Convention for running a campaign that was "Southern-rural white-orientation," and that he didn't do enough to unite the party during the 1964 election.  His father also fought against the Nixon administration's Congregationalist practices.

If I were to describe this family to you, you'd immediately picture a democrat doing all of these things.

Romney got his start in politics when he first ran for U.S. Senate in Massachusettes where he described himself as a socially liberal and fiscally conservative candidate. In 2002, he ran for governor and described himself as a centrist. 

During his time as governor in 2002, he prioritized things like conserving energy and reducing environmental pollution. He also pushed for limits on oil and gas drilling. 

On top of that, in 2006 Romney secured a private, market-based reform that ensures every Massachusetts citizen will have health insurance, without a government takeover and without raising taxes. 

In 2016, Romney criticized his party's stance on the minimum rage and said it was time to raise it.

Yeah, all of that was Mitt Romney.

It should be noted that all of this does come with a caveat that needs to be acknowledged though, as of April 2020, Romney has sided with President Trump on legislative issues 81% of the time, according to information provided by FiveThirtyEight. His track record on certain issues like gay marriage has been spotty in the past also.

Romney is proof that there are still principled politicians in the Republican party who will stand up for what's right. Sure, you're not going to agree with this guy about everything but just because he disagrees with you doesn't make him a monster.

He's a whole hell of a lot better than what we have now.

What are your thoughts?

-Alex

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