By J Marsolo, AMERICAN THINKER
On November 27, 2016 Kellyanne Conway questioned Romney’s loyalty to Trump, and questioned Romney’s judgment because of his attacks on Trump. She said that Romney lost states in 2012 that Trump won, and questioned what has Romney done since 2012 to warrant an important position such as Secretary of State. Ms. Conway stuck the knife in, twisted it, all with a smile on her face.
CNN reported:
“…Kellyanne Conway says President-elect Donald Trump’s base of supporters are concerned about Mitt Romney being considered for secretary of state. She says she will ultimately respect Trump’s decision..”
After Ms. Conway’s takedown of Romney, all deserved, I cannot see Trump appointing Romney as Secretary of State. Romney did not merely criticize Trump’s polices, he viciously attacked Trump personally. There is not much difference in the personal attacks between Romney’s personal attacks and Hillary and Obama’s personal attack against Trump during the campaign.
Conway is a close advisor to Trump. She ran a brilliant campaign, and it seems she was sent out to knock down Romney. I cannot believe she would have said all this without Trump’s approval. This public humiliation of Romney is payback.
There is nothing special about Romney’s background and qualifications that warrants his appointment instead of Rudy Giuliani as Secretary of State. Romney is smart, but Rudy is smarter, and Rudy fought hard for Trump’s election.
Rudy also has guts. On October 23, 1995 Rudy ejected Yasir Arafat from the Lincoln Center event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UN. Bill Clinton criticized Rudy which tells us Rudy did the right thing.
Rudy also refused in 2001 a ten-million-dollar contribution from the Saudis for disaster relief because the Saudi prince blamed U.S. policies for the September 11, 2001 attack.
We all know how Rudy acted following the September 11 attack. Everyone praised him.
Romney is smart but he lacks the toughness and courage of Rudy. Romney did not even stand up to Candy Crowley during the debate, and did not respond to the cheap shots from the Democrats such as Harry Reid.
Nobody worked harder for Trump’s election, especially during the weekend after the Billy Bush tape when it seemed that everyone, including Mike Pence, went silent and dark.
There simply is no good reason to appoint Romney to the most prestigious and important cabinet office. Rudy is more qualified, more courageous, and most important, loyal. He deserves to be appointed Secretary of State and will be appointed. The message from Ms. Conway is “give Romney a living, but nothing important.”
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I didn’t vote for Guiliani at the time since I was on the Left then. Looking back at this his record and the way he handled public relations in this campaign, I sure love him now.
Who cares that he kept us from falling apart during 9/11, made the city safe, kept it solvent, gave us the Metrocard, and didn’t persecute tenants like the – supposed to be populist — dem, Ed Koch –
He evicted Arafat from Lincoln Center!
What a great start!!
Either we evict them from our homeland or they will evict us from our homeland — for starters!!!
Why the Romney circus Donald?
Rudy isn’t much better when it comes to illegal immigration. And Trump’s base of supporters are most concerned with the Muslim threat as it pertains to immigration. As mayor, Giuliani has not been at all forthright about enforcing against illegal immigration, nor at any other time either.
I doubt that Trump seriously considered Romney for SOS. Don’t underestimate Trump. He is super shrewd and I think he floated the idea of Romney for SOS simply for the reaction it would get. And the reaction was payback for Romney’s disloyalty to Trump.