{"id":1549794,"date":"2022-07-12T07:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T11:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1549794"},"modified":"2022-07-12T07:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T11:20:19","slug":"why-mitt-romneys-call-for-moderation-is-dishonest-and-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-mitt-romneys-call-for-moderation-is-dishonest-and-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Mitt Romney\u2019s Call for Moderation Is Dishonest And Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-mitt-romneys-call-for-moderation-is-dishonest-and-dangerous%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1549794&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7097643057_a719ec1220_k.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/07\/mitt-romney-republican-denial-biden-election\/661468\/\">an essay<\/a> published on July 4 in The Atlantic, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, sounded off on the political polarization tearing apart the nation. In expected fashion, he directs the most ire against Donald Trump-supporting conservatives for making the United States \u201ca nation in denial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he says these Republican voters deny the seriousness of climate change and January 6, 2021. He somehow absolves Joe Biden of any blame for our nation\u2019s current messes and instead blames Americans: \u201cPresident Joe Biden is a genuinely good man, but he has yet been unable to break through our national malady of denial, deceit, and distrust.\u201d After making his case for compromise, Romney concludes with the hope that a future leader not named Trump \u201cwill rise above the din to unite us behind the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To say that Romney\u2019s essay is banal, insipid, or shallow would be an understatement. At this point, under this leadership, and with major problems plaguing the country, Romney\u2019s argument is outright dangerous. He completely mischaracterizes the situation, acting as if both sides are at fault and a middle ground can be found when it\u2019s clear Democrats are fully intent on wrecking the American constitutional order and putting the country at risk of disintegration.<\/p>\n<h2>You Don\u2019t Compromise with Extremists<\/h2>\n<p>In every regard, Biden and the Democrats have been a disaster, and not accidentally either. The economy is headed toward a recession, with inflation spiraling out of control. The U.S. southern border is not secure, is a major national security risk, and smugglers are committing human atrocities on a daily basis, such as the 53 illegal immigrants who were effectively cooked to death in an abandoned tractor-trailer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/29\/us\/san-antonio-migrant-truck-deaths\/index.html\">San Antonio<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/yes-the-crime-wave-is-as-bad-as-you-think-murder-rate-violent-killings-shootings-defund-police-11638988699\">Crime continues to surge in U.S. cities<\/a>, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/12\/20\/report-california-entirely-responsible-for-nations-rise-in-homelessness\/\">homelessness<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2022\/05\/11\/1098314220\/overdose-deaths-continued-to-rise-in-2021-reaching-historic-highs\">drug overdose deaths<\/a>. On top of all this, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/personal-finance\/u-s-national-debt-surpasses-30-trillion-what-this-means-for-you\/\">gargantuan national debt continues to grow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, there seems to be little recourse for all this. Normally, Americans could appeal to lawmakers\u2019 better judgment or vote them out, but this hasn\u2019t worked for decades. Politicians are more beholden to billionaires, corporate media, and special interest groups than the Americans they\u2019re supposed to serve. And as the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/11\/mollie-hemingway-is-writing-the-2020-election-book-the-media-dont-want-you-to-read\/\">2020 presidential election showed<\/a>, there are many ways to rig an election and put an ineffective partisan hack into office.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Democrats have routinely violated the Constitution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/clarencevmckee\/apnewsalert\/2020\/01\/15\/id\/928846\/\">refusing to enforce laws against violent criminals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/democrats-weaponize-government-adversaries-jason-chaffetz\">weaponizing government agencies against political opponents<\/a>, and denying Americans their basic rights like free speech and owning a firearm. Even though Romney has hurt feelings because \u201cMAGA loyalists snicker \u2026 and celebrate that most people weren\u2019t watching\u201d the Jan. 6 show trial, he should pay attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2022\/04\/18\/mom-of-j6-political-prisoner-we-are-half-alive\/\">hundreds of Americans rotting in a D.C. jail<\/a> as they await their day in court for committing the misdemeanor crime of walking into the Capitol at the wrong time.<\/p>\n<p>Quite understandably, many Republican voters are not just upset at this situation, but fearful. They see their country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2022\/todays-tyrannical-government-contradicts-the-declarations-self-evident-truths\">turning into a tyranny<\/a> that wants to silence and oppress them. Today\u2019s left increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/articles\/2019\/07\/the_anticultural_nihilism_of_the_left.html\">believes in nothing<\/a> except power. Consequently, they lie about everything, introduce chaos and dysfunction into society, demonize and ruin all dissenters, and hoard as much power and money as they can.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Romney\u2019s anachronistic calls for compromise and unity can\u2019t be tolerated. They will inevitably lead to a one-party state that serves an elite class of Americans while driving everyone into dependency on government. Already this can be seen in Democrat-run states and cities, where politicians do what they please and continue being reelected despite their obvious corruption and incompetence.<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s Happened Elsewhere, It Can Happen Here<\/h2>\n<p>For anyone who doubts this could happen on a national level, they should take a look at the recent election of Columbia\u2019s new president, Gustavo Petro, a former narco-guerrilla and avowed socialist. On the surface, there was absolutely no good reason for Columbians to elect him.<\/p>\n<p>As Monica Showalter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/colombias_election_how_could_the_voters_be_so_stupid.html\">explains in an aptly titled article<\/a> for American Thinker, \u201cColumbia\u2019s Election: How could the voters be so stupid?,\u201d Columbians knew better than anyone what electing a leftist populist would do: \u201cIf the shambles of the country weren\u2019t enough, they have millions of Venezuelan illegals in their country who have fled the socialist hellhole to tell them all about it.\u201d Sure, their country wasn\u2019t perfect, but it could\u2019ve been far, far worse.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, they went ahead and essentially voted for the inferior sequel to the Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Why? It wasn\u2019t because Petro had something to offer \u2014 quite the contrary \u2014 but because conservatives in the country had failed. They failed in their response to Covid, growing the economy, maintaining law and order, and stopping leftist indoctrination at the schools and universities. <\/p>\n<p>Much of this was the result of following Romney-like advice to compromise with a left intent on  national destruction. The conservative party aimed to please all sides and ended up losing everything because they couldn\u2019t understand that their opponents only use compromise to buy time to accomplish far worse.<\/p>\n<p>And once the radical left takes control, it becomes very difficult to remove them. Like Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro, extremist left politicians will <a href=\"https:\/\/everymancommentary.com\/the-riots-are-nothing-less-than-a-prelude-to-socialism-in-america\/\">quickly dismantle any system that checks their power and holds them accountable<\/a>. They rig elections, confiscate property, brutalize and imprison dissenters, brainwash the masses with propaganda, and impoverish the country to the point that citizens become helpless.<\/p>\n<p>This is why conservatives should stop paying any mind to ostensibly \u201cmoderate\u201d Republicans like Romney, Rep. Liz Cheney, and Sen. Susan Collins. They are more than mere nuisances who are unreliable and out of touch; their work in hampering conservative policies and trying to win favor from Democrats enables a grave threat to the nation\u2019s constitutional order. They are appeasers of the worst kind, treating all sides as if they all negotiate in good faith and claiming the moral high ground while their country goes up in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to Romney\u2019s argument, it is he and his fellow moderates who are in denial. They are pushing the lie that today\u2019s conflict is between two parties who have alternative approaches to achieving the common good for all Americans. In reality, one party wants to destroy the country, and the other party doesn\u2019t (to say that the GOP wants to actively build up the country might be too kind). There is no middle ground right now, and the sooner Americans realize this and respond appropriately, the sooner our dysfunction and polarization will diminish.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Auguste Meyrat is an English teacher in the Dallas area. He holds an MA in humanities and an MEd in educational leadership. He is the senior editor of The Everyman and has written essays for The Federalist, The American Conservative, and The Imaginative Conservative, as well as the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. Follow him on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeyratAuguste\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an essay published on July 4 in The Atlantic, Sen. 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