Mitt Romney Reacts To Fellow GOP Senators Singing 'Happy Birthday' To Trump

4 months ago

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) responds to a recent meeting of GOP Senators and former President Trump.

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00:00from you after your meeting with the former president last week.

00:03So what was your takeaway from that?

00:06Well, I didn't go there to support former President Trump.

00:10I went there to listen to what he was planning on doing if he became president.

00:15After all, I'm a senator and will have some influence on policy over the coming months.

00:20He laid out his agenda, and I don't think he told us anything he hasn't said to the

00:26public many times before.

00:27I wondered whether that would be the case, but the issue I was most interested in was

00:32what he would do to fight inflation, and he indicated, as he has publicly, that he intends

00:37to do that by drilling for additional oil in this country and reducing gasoline prices,

00:43which would have a spillover effect into things like agriculture and other places that use

00:46energy.

00:47So were you – did you like what you heard from the former president?

00:51Look, I agree with a number of the policy positions the former president has, and I

00:56agree with a number of the policy positions of President Biden – fewer with President

01:01Biden, to be honest.

01:03But for me, with President Trump, it's a matter of personal character.

01:08I draw a line and say when someone has been actually found to have been sexually assaulting,

01:16that's something I just won't cross over in the person I would want to have as president

01:22of the United States.

01:24Did you address anything in this?

01:25Did you say anything in the meeting?

01:26No, no.

01:27I don't think the president even knew I was there.

01:29I just – along – and there were other people, by the way, others like myself who

01:33were there who are not supporters of President Trump but who wanted to hear what he has to

01:37say.

01:38And by the way, had President Biden come in to meet with us, I'd have also sat there,

01:41as would have most of my colleagues.

01:42What did you make of your colleagues gushing over him, singing happy birthday to him?

01:46Well, Donald Trump will become the nominee of our party in 2024, and there are a number

01:51of my colleagues who are very enthusiastic about him, and they know I'm not.

01:55There's – he also – he's asking for absolute immunity before the Supreme Court.

02:00That's expected to be ruled on any day now.

02:02Do you think he deserves absolute immunity?

02:05I think I deserve to be on the Supreme Court.

02:09I went to law school.

02:10You can get confirmed.

02:11How come I'm not there?

02:12No, I'm going to take – I'm going to let the Supreme Court make that decision and

02:17go from there.

02:18I have my own point of view as to where I think that should come out, but it's not

02:22terribly well-informed.

02:23Okay.

02:24I wanted to thank this immigration decision by the President today to move on to legalize

02:27spouses of undocumented immigrants.

02:29Is that a good move by President Biden?

02:32Yeah, we'll have to look at that.

02:33I just don't know the numbers involved and haven't focused on that yet.

02:36Okay.

02:37Thanks for your time.

02:38I appreciate it.

Mitt Romney Reacts To Fellow GOP Senators Singing 'Happy Birthday' To Trump

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