Mitt Romney called some GOPers 'morons' for going to a white nationalist America First Political Action Conference and supporting Russia over Ukraine.
"Look, there is no place in either political party for this white nationalism or racism. It's simply wrong ... it's evil as well," Romney told CNN's Dana Bash on"State of the Union."" Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, I don't know them, but I'm reminded of that old line from the 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' movie where - where one character says, 'Morons, I've got morons on my team.
"As Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep Paul Gosar speak at this white supremacist, anti-Semitic, pro-Putin event, silence by Republican Party leaders is deafening and enabling," Cheney tweeted Saturday."All Americans should renounce this garbage and reject the Putin wing of the GOP now." Fuentes, who has been labeled a White supremacist by the US Department of Justice and the Anti-Defamation League, has been banned from most major social media platforms for his white nationalist rhetoric.Last week, Fuentes wrote on the messaging app Telegram,"I am totally rooting for Russia," while also referring to Putin as"my Czar."
Greene defended her appearance at the event in a statement and told reporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday that she doesn't know Fuentes, or about his views, and condemned Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.SEE ALSO |Romney also criticized some of the pro-Putin rhetoric coming from corners of his own party amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Utah senator, who in 2012 called Russia"our No.
"It's unthinkable to me, it's almost treasonous and it just makes me ill to see some of these people do that," he told Bash."But, of course, they do it because if they get shock value and it's good to get the more eyeballs and maybe make a little more money for them or their network. It's disgusting."
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