What if Trump sics the DOJ or private goons on his political opponents?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Romney took a big chance.

[Hekate]

1. Barr sits there grinning and nodding. So yes, it's already in the works, is my guess.

Scary, scary times.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Billy Barr's Dirt Services (formerly DoJ) is ready to spring into action

[Nature Man]

3. Don't put anything past Fat Orange Saddam

[TwilightZone]

4. Romney knew what he was getting into.

Despite all his faults (and there are many), I have to give him credit for taking a stand.

Romney also knows his audience and is always running for president, even when he's not. There was probably some of that understanding thrown into the calculation, though it's still a pretty big political risk and will certainly make him a Trump target.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Is Romney going to run as a Democrat?

He would get < 5% of the vote against a Trumpist candidate for president. The Republicans are as much Trump's party as the Communist party of the Soviet Union was Stalin's. It was a remarkable act of physical and moral bravery. I wouldn't put it past Trump and his minions to harm him and his family.

[TwilightZone]

15. No, I think he'd run as a Republican.

I think he's hoping that the Trump tide will eventually turn similar to what happened to George W. Bush by the end. W's approval ratings were in the 20s, as I recall. The only way I see that happening is if there's a massive backlash against the GOP and they take massive losses in 2020 and 2022 (after Trump is gone, we all hope) and they take Trump and all of his acolytes down with them (I don't think the opposite is going to happen, as likely as it's always seemed).

Personally, I don't see a massive shift happening in the party even if it crashes and burns (I think they'd just double down and hope the fickle public allows them back in), but I think that's what Romney almost has to be shooting for and might be trying to start. Before he ran for president, he really was the closest thing the Rs had to a moderate (he ran further right for president, of course).

[Arthur_Frain]

17. I disagree with you that he want to be president.

I’d say he’s got his eye on McConnell’s job.

I think his convictions are genuine with respect to his faith, and that he cast the die now, thinking that when all of this implodes on what passes for the republican party these days, this positions him to be in the right place at the right time, with the leverage he needs to take that position of power that he wants.

He’s overestimated the chance that any of his compatriots have a shred of honor left, I’m afraid, so while this may put him in place to rejuvenate the “new neo-conservative” party that will rise from the ashes of this burning pile of garbage, any of his peers that make it that new party will treat him as a pariah still.

And yeah, trumps dollar machine will spend big time to primary him with some more palatable flunkie. Oddly enough, I’d say this sounds like just the time for that human incarnation of coffee breath Jason Chaffetz to decide it would be a good time to re-enter politics. Trump knows a lickspittle when he sees one, that’s sure enough, and he wouldn’t have to spend more than a glance on Jason to want to claim him.

[Corgigal]

5. He will.

Barr just changed the judge in the Washington D.C. circuit for a reason. I forgot the names, but the woman judge just got the boot , and it wasn’t a promotion per Preet Bharara.

I still think Andy McCabe is first.

[mn9driver]

7. It's already happening.

The Treasury Department just turned over all of Hunter Bidens financial records to Republican committee chairs.

Just like that.

Homeland Security has suspended global entry for all residents of the state of New York on the pretext of the sanctuary law in that state not allowing background checks for anyone—which it doesn’t do.

Just like that.

There will be more; lots more.

Just like that.

[stillcool]

8. so far tonight I read that..

The Treasury Department has handed over documents to a pair of GOP Senate chairmen as part of a months-long probe into Burisma Holdings, Ukraine and Hunter Biden, according to the top Democrat on one of the panels.

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) — the chairmen of the Finance and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, respectively — sent a letter to the Treasury Department in November saying they were investigating "potentially improper actions" during the Obama administration.

The Treasury Department is complying with their request, according to a spokeswoman for Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, who noted that Democratic requests for information have been stonewalled.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/481876-treasury-responds-to-gop-requests-for-hunter-biden-burisma-info

Utah lawmaker seeks to censure Sen. Mitt Romney after vote to convict President Trump
U.S. senator visits with Utah House, Senate leaders

By Lisa Riley Roche and Katie McKellar Updated Feb 6, 2020, 3:00pm MST

SALT LAKE CITY — A state representative called Thursday for U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney to be censured for his vote to convict President Donald Trump for abuse of power, the same day Romney came to Utah’s Capitol to meet privately with Republicans leaders of the Legislature to explain his action.

The censure resolution pairs with a bill filed last week that would give Utah voters the ability to recall their U.S. senators that is attracting even more attention now that Romney broke with his party. Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, also filed a resolution “paying tribute” to Trump.

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/2/6/21126433/mitt-romney-president-trump-utah-recall-censure-recall-vote-convict

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. I think you have a typo in your post.

Surely you meant “when,” not if, right?

[spanone]

10. that's what he's done to the Bidens

Don't forget that just last month the Russians hacked Burisma, the company Hunter Biden worked for....They could have planted anything in their computers....

Put Bidens name all over shit....Vlad would do that for trump

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/796195444/russia-hacked-company-linked-to-trump-impeachment-security-firm-says

[Skittles]

11. LOL

what do you think Barr was hired for?

[unblock]

12. "If"?

[Under The Radar]

13. Buckle up everyone

This guy is energized by the appearance of being untouchable, and his vengeance, deceit, and discard for any rules that restrict him from fame, wealth, power will simply be snow that is to be plowed by the machine.

[2naSalit]

14. What if?

Already in progress. Romney just added his name to the list is all.

[Jarqui]

16. It's open season. He's sick, vindictive and lawless

I'm sure he's already under way

He's coming after any opponent and anyone who doesn't blindly support him.

He's above the law now. There is nothing that can stop him.

For those of you saying Nov 2020 ... you're assuming a legit election - which is won't be since Trump's survival is on the line and there is no impediment to stop him.