Following an afternoon of golfing at his Virginia golf club, Donald Trump hit Twitter to lash out at…Republican Senator Mitt Romney.
The tweets were obviously in response to Romney taking to Twitter on Friday for his own rant against the President, calling out Trump’s “brazen” appeals to China and Ukraine for his own political gain and describing Trump’s actions as “wrong and appalling.”
First, this morning Trump called Romney a “pompous ass” which is probably quite accurate:
Mitt Romney never knew how to win. He is a pompous “ass” who has been fighting me from the beginning, except when he begged me for my endorsement for his Senate run (I gave it to him), and when he begged me to be Secretary of State (I didn’t give it to him). He is so bad for R’s!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2019 [1]
Then, following an afternoon of golf, Trump tweeted, “I’m hearing that the Great People of Utah are considering their vote for their Pompous Senator, Mitt Romney, to be a big mistake. I agree! He is a fool who is playing right into the hands of the Do Nothing Democrats! #IMPEACHMITTROMNEY”
I’m hearing that the Great People of Utah are considering their vote for their Pompous Senator, Mitt Romney, to be a big mistake. I agree! He is a fool who is playing right into the hands of the Do Nothing Democrats! #IMPEACHMITTROMNEY [2]
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2019 [3]
Twitter had a field day:
Based on the President’s logic, asking foreign countries to investigate your political rivals is not an impeachable offense. But criticizing the President for doing so is. https://t.co/fywFk2SQex [4]
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 5, 2019 [5]
The Republican President of the United States calling for a Republican member of the Senate to be impeached… for criticizing him. https://t.co/IC03VHF0Rn [6]
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) October 5, 2019 [7]
1) this is quite a statement… impeaching Romney
2) if Trump didn't like him, THEN HE SHOULDN'T HAVE ENDORSED HIM in 2018… but of course he did because his political shop is run by establishment shills https://t.co/PbqSt2CPHt [8]— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) October 5, 2019 [9]
Someone is forgetting who is going to be voting on removing him from office.
Go ahead and insult the rest of your jury, Donald. https://t.co/Sz0N71P6ps [10]
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) October 5, 2019 [11]
Attacking one of the people who will act as a juror during impeachment hearings seems like an odd strategy. Especially since it may put off other Republican jurors. https://t.co/Kn8AtsUpPv [12]
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) October 5, 2019 [13]
So let me get this straight, it's "illegal" and "treasonous" and "an attempted coup" to impeach Trump for MULTIPLE crimes, lies, and indecencies but totally ok to impeach Romney for just having temerity to question Dear Leader??#TrumpMeltdown [14] #UkraineClownPosse [15] https://t.co/2QeH3aXJko [16]
— Jackie 🌊🌊🌊 (@LiberalMmama) October 5, 2019 [17]