Sen. Romney,
Soon you may find yourself in a unique position to save our government from perpetual gridlock, but it will take more courage than you exhibited in voting to impeach Donald Trump.
Mr. Terry suggests that Senator Romney could really be of service to the American people if he were to leave the GOP, declare himself independent and caucus with the Senate Democrats.
You can also be very open and honest about why you are doing this. It would make Chuck Schumer the Senate majority leader, which would open the door for much-needed legislation and numerous administrative and judicial appointments to reach the floor of the Senate for an up or down vote. It would break the gridlock that could decimate our democracy and harm millions of Americans.
Mr. Terry continues with several excellent reasons why the Senator from Utah should consider doing leaving the GOP and declare himself independent.
Another quote from Mr. Terry’s opinion piece — I think most everyone at Daily Kos will agree — check it out:
What this means, though, is that you would not be leaving the GOP. The GOP has already left you. You certainly feel it. With your moral courage and instinct to put country above party, you no longer fit in the Republican Party. It is the party of dishonesty, incompetence, sycophancy, obstruction and anger.
Mr. Terry’s final paragraph is also worth including here:
You have been a loyal Republican your entire life. You were even the party’s standard-bearer for a short time. Because of and not despite your Republican loyalty, however, perhaps the most loyal action you could possibly take in the coming weeks would be to leave the party in order to save it.
Note: I had completed this diary a day or two before tRump threw a monkey wrench into America’s Christmas celebration — Since then, of course, we all know now that Mitt Romney, like Moscow Mitch and other Congressional Republicans, does NOT wish to see the American people get a $2,000 stimulus check because (drum roll, please) it will cost too much! I am extremely disappointed in Romney and I doubt now that he would even consider Mr. Terry’s suggestion.
Roger Terry is a writer and editor who resides in Orem, Utah. He wrote this opinion piece, which he penned as an open letter to Utah’s Senator Mitt Romney to the Salt Lake Tribune and published November 11, 2020.
See the link for the entire opinion piece — www.sltrib.com/…