{"id":2108200,"date":"2023-11-26T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romney-a-democrat-would-be-an-upgrade-over-trump-ramaswamy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T15:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:50:26","slug":"romney-a-democrat-would-be-an-upgrade-over-trump-ramaswamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romney-a-democrat-would-be-an-upgrade-over-trump-ramaswamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney: Democrat Better Than Trump, Ramaswamy"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fromney-a-democrat-would-be-an-upgrade-over-trump-ramaswamy%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=2108200&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Mitt Romney\u200b Announces Support \u2064for\u200b Democrats Over Trump<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) speaks as President\u200b Donald Trump listens during a listening session on youth vaping of electronic\u200b cigarette on November 22, 2019\u2063 in the Cabinet Room of the White House in \u200bWashington, DC.\u2062 (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>12:48 \u200bPM\u200c \u2013 \u2062Sunday, November 26 2023<\/p>\n<p>Former Republican presidential candidate\u200d Mitt Romney shocked\u200d the political world by declaring \u200dthat he would vote for\u2063 Democrats \u2063rather than supporting former President Donald\u2062 J. Trump \u200bor entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>During\u200b an interview on\u200d Friday with <em>CBS<\/em>\u2019 Norah O\u2019Donnell, Romney was asked about his support within\u2064 the GOP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d \u200cbe happy to support virtually any one of the Republicans, \u2063maybe \u2062not Vivek\u2064 [Ramaswamy], but the others \u200bthat are running would be acceptable to \u200cme, and I\u2019d be\u2064 happy to vote for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d \u200cbe\u200d happy to vote for a number\u2064 of the Democrats, too. I \u200bmean, it would be \u200dan upgrade, in my opinion, from Donald Trump and perhaps also from Joe Biden,\u201d Romney continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy wasted no time in responding \u2064to Romney&#8217;s remarks. He shared the sound clip from the interview on X \u2064page, the \u200dsocial media platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not surprising. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S8QhSXyen9\">https:\/\/t.co\/S8QhSXyen9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d Vivek\u2062 Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1728417780809052527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This surprising statement from\u200c the former \u2064presidential candidate is consistent\u200d with his long-standing dislike \u200cof Trump. In 2020, he openly\u2064 admitted to not \u2064voting for Trump during his re-election campaign. Furthermore, \u2062Romney voted in favor of Trump&#8217;s impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u200b breaking news blasts directly to \u2062your inbox \u2064for\u200b free. Subscribe \u200chere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\">Share \u200dthis post!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In\u2062 the second part of an exclusive interview,\u200c One America\u2019s Monica Paige speaks with Texas Attorney\u200b General Ken \u200dPaxton about his investigation into\u2064 left-wing \u200borganization Media Matters and\u2062 its potential violation with the IRS.<\/li>\n<li>Black\u200d Friday shoppers try to score big deals \u2064this year but with Biden-flation hanging over their heads, \u200chow \u200bmuch are they really willing to spend?<\/li>\n<li>Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington highlights there\u2062 is no comparison \u200cbetween Biden and Trump\u2019s energy right now.<\/li>\n<li>The Netherlands trades a globalist for a nationalist.<\/li>\n<li>Sam\u2064 Altman\u2019s return \u200bas\u2062 OpenAI\u2019s chief\u200d executive\u200d will strengthen\u200d his grip on the startup and may\u200c leave the ChatGPT creator with\u200d fewer checks on\u200b his power.<\/li>\n<li>EU lawmakers agreed to draft\u200b rules requiring Google, Meta and other online services to identify and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-populists-focus-on-national-sovereignty-eu-push-back\/\" title=\"Dutch populists prioritize national sovereignty, EU resists\">remove online child\u200c pornography<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>4:19 PM UTC \u2062\u2013 November 22, 2023 (Reuters) \u2013 Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares fell nearly 4% on Wednesday on fears that widening U.S.\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Sam Altman\u2019s return as CEO \u200cof OpenAI \u200bcaps a\u200c frenzied discussion about\u200d the future \u200bof the startup at the center of \u200can\u200c artificial \u2064intelligence boom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What impact could \u2062Mitt Romney&#8217;s endorsement of \u200bDemocrats \u2062have on his political\u2063 career and the broader political landscape in America<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200b Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential\u200b candidate, has made headlines by announcing his support for Democrats over former President \u200bDonald Trump and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. In an interview with CBS&#8217; Norah O&#8217;Donnell, Romney expressed his willingness to vote \u200cfor a number of Democrats, stating\u2063 that it would be an upgrade from both Trump and Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Romney&#8217;s declaration comes as a surprise to many in the political world, as he has long\u200b been associated with \u200dthe\u200c Republican Party. His decision to openly support Democrats reflects his dissatisfaction with the direction the\u2063 party has taken under Trump&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200d the interview, Romney\u200d made it clear that he would \u200cbe willing to support most of the Republicans running for office, with the exception of Vivek Ramaswamy. However, he also emphasized that he would be happy to vote for a number of Democrats, as he sees them as \u200can\u200b improvement over both Trump and Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy wasted no time in responding to Romney&#8217;s remarks. He \u2063shared a sound clip from \u2062the interview on X page, the social media platform\u2063 formerly known as \u2064Twitter. The response from Ramaswamy suggests\u200d that \u200bhe was not surprised by Romney&#8217;s announcement and provides a link for \u200cfurther information.<\/p>\n<p>Romney&#8217;s support for Democrats is likely to be met with mixed reactions within the Republican Party. While some may view it as a betrayal of party loyalty, others may see it\u200c as a principled stance \u2064against Trump&#8217;s controversial presidency. Regardless, Romney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-sen-braun-endorses-trump-for-president\/\" title=\"Sen. Braun of Indiana endorses Trump for President.\">endorsement carries weight due<\/a>\u2063 to his standing within the party and his\u2063 previous presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200dlatest development further highlights the deep divisions within the Republican \u2062Party and the ongoing \u2064struggle for its future direction. Romney&#8217;s decision to break ranks and openly support Democrats is a significant moment in American\u2064 politics, and it remains to be seen how it will impact both his political \u2062career and the broader political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Mitt Romney&#8217;s announcement of support for Democrats over Trump and Ramaswamy\u2064 signifies a break from his party&#8217;s traditional allegiances. While it may come\u200b as a surprise to \u2064many, it also underscores \u2062the challenges facing the Republican Party as it grapples with its identity in the \u2062post-Trump era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romney addresses youth vaping in a White House session, with President Trump in attendance. Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images. 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