Romney counts reasons GOP lost: ‘Bad policy, bad character’ — SkimNews
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- Democrats won both the House and Senate in this year’s midterms, producing the two-chamber setback Romney was assessing.
- Romney said “bad policy, bad character make bad politics,” explicitly tying the GOP’s defeat to both policy and conduct.
- Romney named erratic tariffs and an impulsive Iran war as examples in his explanation of the party’s midterm failures.
- Romney also cited blanket pardons and apparent corruption as further examples in his list of bad policy and bad character.
Why it matters: For Democrats, the immediate result was control of both chambers; for the GOP, Romney’s postmortem ties that two-chamber loss to governing choices and political character. Tariffs, the Iran war, blanket pardons and apparent corruption identify the specific criticisms he is putting before the party.
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