Who Is Mitt Romney? Narrated by Dan Savage | NowThis
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- Mitt Romney was born to a fifth-generation Mormon millionaire, stood in defense of the same Vietnam War that he received several deferments from, and was famously the second white guy to lose to Obama. Dan Savage explains how the man with ‘binders full of women’ went from Trump ally to Trump critic to Trump frenemie.
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Willard Mitt Romney once called President Trump a phony and a fraud during the 2016 election but then came crawling back to Trump after the election in hopes of getting a Secretary of State position in the Trump Administration. That didn't happen, of course, but Romney was happy to have Trump's endorsement when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Utah. After winning the Senate seat, Romney wrote an op-ed attacking Trump's leadership. Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up.
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Mitt Romney has the most republican looks.
You can tell he's a republican just by looking at him.
@@banger2998 Nah Mike Pence has him beat, I swear Pence is a robot.
@@aleksander2901 Pence would be the type of NPC I would see playing CoD/Halo lmao
@@banger2998 frfrfr
White and old
He has the most republican accent too. I can tell he is Republican by listening to him talk. Anyway I have a lot respect for him.
Whatever else you say about Romney at least he has the spine to defend democracy
Amen to that!
that's a low bar...
@@marianpazdzioch6536 yeah well the bar is under ground right now
the bar is now underground
the bar is on the f'ing floor
This dude is 73??? I thought he was in his mid 50s good lord.
Perhaps we should consider a mormon's diet more seriously 😂
Vampires don’t age
Me too
the power of dollars. loads of them
Looks like that the power of Mormonism
Back in 2019 no one would have thought Romney would vote against Trump in the impeachment
I think it was coming a mile away. Romney trashed talked him publically the moment he became senator of Utah. What earns the most respect is that he marched on the BLM
Unlike other Republicans, he held his bottom line. Could just be that he knows the long-term consequences for the Republican party in the long run, but still, results are the same. He held his bottom line.
Who is 💩 Romney ?
Romney didnt _actually_ vote against him. They knew who the "yea's" were and who the "nay's" were, long before the vote. The rest was just as planned...
Its all a republican ploy to keep all their guys primed up for their enormously chaotic republican nomination circus, to confuse the heck out of voters.
@@benlex5672
He didn't hold his bottom line lmao, he begged for an endorsement from Trump, turned his back on him, crawled back to him, then turned his back on him again.
He looks like the U.S. President in the Movies of the 90s and 2000
He looks nothing like Morgan Freeman in Deep impact 😸
@@sloppynyuszi Yes he does. Morgan Freeman....in WHITEFACE! 🥴
Nah that’s Pence. Pence looks like the default president skin in every game 😆
It’s because he has some resemblance to Martin Sheen
He does he looks presidential and classy not like crazy orange he is a joke
Me in 2012: no, Mitt Romney is bad. Me now: we need more people like Mitt Romney
yes mitt romney good bc mitt romney hate orange man
Well Mitt Romney isn’t perfect in 2010 reportedly he made $20,000,000 but only payed 14% in taxes, but compared to Trump he’s amazing he didn’t pay taxes in the majority of the last 2 decades, and in 2016 he payed $750 despite making $600,000,000 from early-2015 to mid-2016.
@@s4051 anyone who thinks that I'd based.
because you are easily manipulated
Who would have thought that flip Romney of all people would have been the one "never" Trumper Republican to actually stay never Trump?
Mitt Romney: The last republican with a brain.
Yup
Any Republican who goes with your view has a brain.Thats not how things work
@@moia9518 I found the republican
@@PrayashLand You didn't find the republican, you found the Trump Cult Member
Wbt cornyn In tx
I think it should be mention that Romney considered Russia/Putin a powerful threat back in 2012 and was mostly laughed at for it.
I don’t like Romney but he called that one.
They ignore it because Obama has RIGHTFULLY never walked his position back.
Oh yeah, Russia is a real threat lol. What are you even talking about? Turn off CNN for a couple days..
@@booognish they are, ask Ukraine
@@booognish Heh, funny how they are a threat now. Ask Crimea and Ukraine.
@@JS-po8oc and Georgia (the country)
I wonder if his son introduces himself by saying “I am Tagg, son of Mitt of house Romney”
First of His Name
Named after a great American game .🤣🤣
more like,Targ
“If a country club was a person” is a pretty spot-on description of Romney. Not the most horrible Republican out there by far... but that perhaps says more about the abjectly depraved nature of the GOP these days than it does about him.
Martin Rayner I come from the future to tell you he will be the most serious GOP Senator in 2020
O
he is one of, if not, the best gop senator
Even as a Democrat, I respect Mr. Romney. He should be the leader of the GOP and should have ran against Trump.
Mitts like the destructively oblivious type of Republican voter that has no idea what his party actually is, except he actually got elected to office. Nowhere near as bad as being a literal bond villain like most Republican candidates, but still kinda bad.
2:50 imagine not being allowed to attend your own daughter's wedding because you're not conformed to the groom's religion. Tf? Isn't Jesus all-loving?
Pretty messed up🤔
Not to the Mormons
The reason they weren’t allowed to attend the wedding was because it was in there church temple in which they consider a sacred place and the house of the lord. Not many people can enter because of the requirements and the reason being is that you have to be worthy and following the commandments.
@@edwinmendoza7813 that's actually quite sad though. Religion (or lack thereof) should not be a barrier that keeps a mother/father from seeing their daughter undergo a spiritual bonding. Especially in witness of a higher power.
Jesus is all non existent
Who is Mitt Romney?
A Republican I respect
cool, I can see where your stand on the political axes
Why? He’s so wishy washy. like Ik why, cause me too until I saw this video
@@bastipro1333 shut up with the deep state you moron, it's a conspiracy!
Respect?
Thats like the republican saying Manchin is the only democrat they respect
Side note: Forcibly cutting someone’s hair is not a prank, it’s assault.
can you imagine if he did that to a young girl back then
Yeah you got a good point we should go back in time and arrest his teenager self
Who is Mitt Romney? A conscious Republican
@Zachary Williams the second XD
@Zachary Williams the second trump's ur daddy?? Ewwww
Can we get a "Who Is" John Boehner?
ick, 10 minutes of looking at that genetic mutant, no thank you.
He's not in power. So no.
He didn't need Trump's endorsement to win the Senate seat in Utah. He's extremely popular among Mormons, who make up the majority in Utah. Also, Trump isn't particularly popular among Mormons there. If anything, a Trump endorsement would have been damaging for his senate run there.
No way
Luken Grace Since Romney is a horrible person (per this video), the opposite of everything he says must be true; hence Trump is awesome and helped Romney out
Luken Grace yup Romney was like guaranteed that seat lol
Remember when something like the 47% tape was considered outrageous enough to seriously risk a campaign?
Didn’t Romney also say “we’re not concerned with very poor” in that same video?
Why should we care about people who don't care about themselves?
@@harshitmadan6449 chal oye Modi bhakt.
Kuttey bhaunkney aajaatey hain
@@harshitmadan6449 Oh boy...
@@harshitmadan6449 Yeah I know! If you are homeless just buy a home! If you don't have a job get one!
He's saying that the lower middle class is more important cause they are living in poverty with no safety net and welfare benefits.
Thing is i actually respect Romney
Yea because he’s a liberal and you are to
Romney in a nutshell: Finally, a good republican
yes good republican is when hate orange man
Stfu you only like him bc he is complicit
He flip-flops more than dying fish on dried land
@@aquarius6791 Lmao
Romney is the only GOP guy I like
Apparently the only one with a backbone and the understanding of right and wrong.
yeah John McCain was awesome but now there's just romney left. The govenor of my state is a republican and he's pretty noice too. But other than that no one else
I know right, He seems chill. But hes not the number 1 GOP. That goes to Jeb Bush.
John McCain was the #1 Republican. And I agree, Romney is the last Republican I like.
i miss john Mccain
Who is Mitt Romney?
The only Republican left.
“the only republican on the left”
@@jamwither9847 Nope, just because he chose country over party doesn't mean he's not on the right.
Mitt is a RINO, and an embarrassment. He’s had a chip on his shoulder, the size of his car., since 2012.
John Kasich: Am I a joke to you??
@@tannerpost9154 Okay, Mitt Romney is the only Republican left *in the Senate*
I disagree with mitt on almost everything. But I respect the man as much as any other politician.
Especially compared to the people that are in the same party that he’s in
@@s4gr_n0s3y Yup. He’s one of the last of a dying specimen in Congress.
Kind of “forgot” him almost dying in France from a car accident and his turnaround of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
Well they were just trying to trash him, not give an accurate picture of his life, so I’m pretty sure that was intentional.
Hate all his views, but can respect his character
Seconded
He's the first one to call out the naivety of Donald Trump after the election.
It's kind of sad and funny how this guy is the only Republican with any honor. At least he tries to keep Donald Trump accountable.
You didn’t mention how he brought universal healthcare in Massachusetts
Near Universal*
It was long before ACA was even in practice.
Well - to the 'I don't like his politics' group - you got Trump - hope you were happy this past 4 years.
@William Goldman We accuse politicians of not being truthful, when mitt was truthful, the people hated him for it.
Te 47% comment, if not full 47%, was actually true
I always offer mormons a drink. When they decline i grab a beer and start rolling a joint. They not only leave quickly, they avoid all my neighbors.
brin Joness wow such edge
😂😭😭😂😂
I tell them I'm a Satanist 🤷♀️😂
WHO IS: MIKE GRAVEL
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freshbingo who’s Mike Gravel?
World Wide Productions, he is a democratic senator from alaska from the 1960s to the 1980s and is still alive
President Steak Salesman has a nice ring to it !
mitt romney and john mccain are two good republicans. i would have been fine with either as president
Kinda annoyed that Romney chose to run against obama instead of just waiting
@@askhan12406 would’ve been better if he ran against Trump for the Republican nomination because really tho is Trump even worthy of being our president?
@@s4gr_n0s3y exactly
@@askhan12406 I would’ve been fine if Romney got the nomination because he seems like a good man and knows what he’s doing, but compare him to Trump, I would’ve voted Romney in an instant if Trump went Democrat and he opposed Romney
What do you mean who is mitt romney. He ran for president 6 years ago. Who doesnt know this.
shush !
This has to be the laziest, most willfully uninformed hit piece ever made on Romney.
Huh
@mitch paul Which ones?
In what way?
It’s kinda biased
Very biased indeed. That’s just now this “news” isn’t it?
What is so bad about him? It is not his fault his parents were rich. Seems he worked pretty hard himself at BCG and Bain. And what you hear about him is always rather moderate and reasonable.
It is his fault that he has sneering contempt for ordinary working people and works against their interests, though.
I am sure it hurt Danny’s feelings to have to admit that Romney graduated so high in his class.
Mitt Romney’s grandson goes to my high school lol
Really? If true, cool.
Who is Mitt Romney? The guy who ran 4 years earlier
*8 years*
Mitt Romney, Olympia Snowe, Lisa Murkowski, John McCain the only republican senators I would vote for
I have a soft spot for this guy despite all his faults (some faults being major).
Can you do a "Who is Rick Santorum" also narrated by Dan Savage???
This week Rick Santorum. Next week the senator rick Santorum.
Mitt Romney has always had my respect, but that has grown substantially in the past 4 years
I think most democrats can agree that mitt is by far the most reasonable republican.
we originally agreed that the most reasonable one was mccain but i guess we have to settle for romney now
Seriously tho how did we go from Romney to Trump, Romney would’ve been a better nominee than Trump
2012: MITT ROMNEY IS A HORRIBLE CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT! HE WILL RUIN AMERICA!
2021: Perhaps I treated you too harshley...
Ngl, I 1,000% wish we had him over Trump.
I’m still amazed the dispite being born in 1947, Mit Romney looks like he’s in his 50s.
I was never really a huge fan of Mitt Romney, but I wish he had won in 2012 so the Republican Party couldn't change into what it now is under Trump.
He shoulda ran in 2016. He was still popular by then. But he decided not to run
@@ethanduran6 Mitt Romney is a bit more of an establishment Republican. 2016 was probably the most anti-establishment year in recent history.
3:15 ...so there is a legal way to be a millionaire by cheating other people...
It's fair and square
its called purdue pharma
You should do something on the past of democratic politicians it would be funny to see the scrutiny
Alex Hammack Be objective? Never.
Alex Hammack
Yes. They’re up to their gills in voter suppression.
It's nice he apologized.
who is Mitt Romney
one of the few republicans who actually does his job correctly
Mitt Romney should have been president, not Trump.
This video forgot to mention a key detail. Mitt Romney and his family were first generation immigrants. His father was actually born in a Mormon community in Mexico.
Yeah they leave their mexican side out for political reasons probably
Ricky Gutierrez I agree. Especially since the recent conflict that’s arisen between the Mexican cartel and the Mormon colonies, Mitt rather prefer to abstain from discussion over that portion of his family. Apparently, there’s a Mormon community down in Mexico called Colonia Lebaron where some of his relatives reside.
@@angeloazueta3352 that's interesting and you're right. Also it's possible people wouldn't vote as much for a hispanic name vs a white name.
@@angeloazueta3352 those aren’t Mormons, they’re FLDS. A broken off sect of the church. Know your facts.
I don’t agree with most of his politics but he’s proven he’s got morals and principles. History will judge him as being courageous. 👍
6:40 trickle down economics in a nutshell
Eshaan Menon
Mitt would use that trickle to buy another house.
It's not a thing. We believe in tax cuts because taxation is theft, not because of trickle down.
Brother Romney is a A man of God's own Heart.
Honestly, this video seems biased. Romney is out of touch, but overall, he isn't a bad guy. He hurt his political career by selling out by faking being a social conservative on social policy when he ran in 2012 and also by sucking up to Trump. However, he still has principles, unlike many of his Republican contemporaries.
He was actually more conservative in his 2008 run then 2012.
These videos are biased which is fine you just have to know that going in.
@@slickm7 This is the first NowThis video I've seen that overlooked facts and had very little objectivity. I know that the channel is supportive of a liberal point of view, but to overlook that Mitt Romney's Massachusetts health care is the start of the ACA or that he once supported a woman's right to choose or that his father played an important role in fair housing in order to paint him as a one-dimensional idiotic rich man to prove your point that most Republicans are stupid is really low to me.
Bias itself is fine, but if you want to make a biased video, have actual criticisms with substance instead of petty jabs at meaningless shit. Nothing in here was really damaging to Romney, other than maybe his flip flopping makes him look opportunistic.
Who cares.... He believes mormanism is true... He's a psychotic freak
Mitt is still angry because Trump won and he did not,also because he didnt get a job that Trump interviewed him for. Now he opposes Trump seemingly at every turn,which also means he is opposing the Pres Trump voters. Time to retire Mitt,your not wanted. The democrat party is calling.
he’s easily one of the actually smart and logical Republicans left at this point tho, need more like him in congress
Yet the left called him a racist in 2014....
@@matthewdegliobizzi5681 that was in 2014, he’s truly showed his colours these last few years
@@SK-dq4ee that was a typo. I meant 2012 lol. But still it just shows that the left calls anyone they don’t like a racist
@@matthewdegliobizzi5681 if anything, both sides have that problem, for example, the right call a BLM protestor “Antifa” or a “terrorist,” so the right isnt any better
@@SK-dq4ee I think when the BLM protestors/rioters started burning down buildings last year, it was appropriate to make that comparison lol
can you make a similar video about a prominent member of a democratic party?
Observing from across the pond, I can see that Mitt Romney is the only decent Republican.
Imagine Matt actually is sane in this day and age of modern GOP...
My fav part of these series is how they all come to end on the steak salesman 😂
This video is a year old and it’s important to note that he was the only republican senator to vote to impeach Trump in early 2020, meaning he ended up reverting back to the anti trump camp
This is “American values” lol
Stephen Duong yup
*Cough cough* not to mention he's a first generation American. His dad was born in Mexico because of his Mormon religion.
I'm not a Republican but Mitt Romney is a leggett dude.
Mitt doesn't even know who Mitt is.
Y’all think this guy is a millionaire. Y’all really think these people are millionaires and billionaires!?
Funny thing...he's among the few Republicans Senators I actually respect.
after the last 5 years that 'damaging video' doesn't look so bad
6:17 oooffff
So, how did he become a “senator” from Utah?
Doesn't referring to anyone as a "self-made millionaire" kinda undermine the larger philosophy of this channel that no one is really self-made given how dependent on society at large any such success is?
We all depend on each other. But some people do a lot more than others.
"Who cares?"- 2020
Oh, Gods... he *did* sound like a robot! Are we sure Detroit wasn't experimenting with animatronic robots in the late '40s?
Detroit become human
Basically, he’s not good. But he’s also not the absolute worst
Mitt Romney run for president too early.
Mitt Romney used to pull pranks. That's the most exciting thing I have heard about him. Shame, that it's in his past.
That incident with the hair cutting sounded more like homophobic bullying than a prank, tbh.
Please allow people to mature as they age. I think he has grown into a very decent man.
Romney is one Republican I can actually respect
He is one good person and we love him
In hindsight , he would have been a better president...
I’m at the point that if this is the standard Republicans were at, I wouldn’t mind them.
He’s got bad positions politically but he is significantly better than the majority of people in that party.
Dan Savage! Aptly named. I absolutely adore him! 💖
Jenn in Canada 🇨🇦
It's the like the entirety of US politics is a SNL sketch.
Why is everyone trashing him he seems like a nice good person who made a few mistakes
Ben Galetto
His financial life is most interesting.
This is exactly how a leftist would sum up Mitt Romney's life.
Sorry Dan Savage but I don’t think you know what you’re talking about! Sorry Dan
I’m not a Mitt fan, but parts of this video were blatantly wrong. For example, they implied that he easily won his senate run because of Trump’s endorsement, which is not true. Mitt Romney is Utah’s “hero” and an endorsement from Trump did him very little good in such a religious state. He had the race in the bag the whole time.
Romney in one word: traitor.
What about the 43 people that said Trump isn’t guilty, are they are traitors too or is it just your logic?
@@s4gr_n0s3y They are defending the constitution and the democracy, so obviously they are not traitors.
@@thepiranhaclub of course it’s your logic that Romney is a traitor and not them
00:41 omg I thought the guy on the right had horns
I don't care who he is or was, he appears to think for himself and vote for what he thinks is right. I would take 10 of him over a syccophant.
He’s the morman guy who lost to Obama in 2012.
Who the heck is the guy I keep getting confused with mitt Romney? OK found out its Ron Paul.
Dan, you rule.
0:09 Wtf 😂😂😂
That speech on meat 7:57 LMAO
I was pinned, too. They don't change. Neither has he.
This is a hit piece.
The last good republican
From Dan Savage who thinks biological warfare is acceptable to his political enemies.