Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday joined CNN in one of his last interviews before retiring from Congress.
Romney, a frequent critic of President-elect Trump who ran an unsuccessful bid against former President Obama in 2012, announced he would not seek reelection in late 2023. |
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) argued that the American public "can't complain" if President-elect Trump does what he said he would do during the campaign.
"Donald Trump won. He won overwhelmingly. He said what he was going to do, and that's what he's doing," Romney said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "I mean, people are saying 'Oh, I don't like this appointment or this policy that he's talking about,' but those are the things he said he was going to do when he ran." |
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he thinks President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter, is understandable, but he expressed concern about the "precedent" it could set for future presidents.
"I think two things: When you have his opponents going after his family, as a father, as a parent, I think we can all understand Biden trying to protect his son and his family," Sanders began when asked on NBC News's "Meet the Press" whether pardoning his son was the best choice Biden could have made for the country. |
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| Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) predicts that Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who is the Vice President-elect, will be the Republican Party's 2028 presidential nominee. "Oh, MAGA is the Republican Party, and Donald Trump is the Republican Party today," Romney said.
"And if you were to ask me who the nominee will be in 2028, it'll be JD Vance," he continued. |
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| Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he thinks President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host and veteran Pete Hegseth," is "being tried by anonymous sources."
In an interview on NBC News's "Meet the Press," Graham said anyone with credible allegations against Hegseth should come forward but pledged not to let his nomination get derailed. |
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| Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday for his Congressional exit interview, noting that he thinks his political legacy will be a "footnote" in the history books.
Romney, 77, was asked by host Jake Tapper about how he wants to be remembered for his time serving the country.
"I don't think history will remember Mitt Romney," he replied, adding "It's a footnote for somebody who's reading ancient history." |
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that conservatives don't trust the FBI anymore when asked about his remarks from 2017, pushing for President-elect Trump to select an FBI director who was "beyond reproach."
"He has a duty and obligation to pick somebody beyond reproach outside the political lane. I think he'll do that. I hope he'll do that. I would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around, including those who work in the FBI," Graham said in a 2017 interview. |
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