Newest GOP senator accuses Romney of trying to 'appease the left' in favoring witnesses

[Zorro]

A scathing barb from Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) accusing a fellow Republican of trying to “appease the left” was a rare example of a public intraparty feud amid President Trump’s impeachment trial.

But it was all the more head-scratching considering that the target of Loeffler’s attacks, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), has long been close to the appointed Georgia senator and the chamber’s newest member, with Loeffler and her husband being significant donors to Romney in the past.

What prompted the attack: Romney’s comments Monday that the testimony of former national security adviser John Bolton, details of whose unpublished manuscript were published by the New York Times and other news outlets, made his testimony before the Senate all the more relevant.

“I think it’s increasingly likely that other Republicans will join those of us who think we should hear from John Bolton,” Romney said Monday. “It’s important to be able to hear from John Bolton for us to be able to make an impartial judgment.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/newest-gop-senator-accuses-romney-of-trying-to-appease-the-left-in-favoring-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial/2020/01/27/e2661d04-414f-11ea-abff-5ab1ba98b405_story.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Working her way up the ladder, one insult at a time.

Kelly, here's some hot lunch for ya.

[dalton99a]

4. She slept her way up the corporate ladder:

Loeffler graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's Gies College of Business, where she was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, in 1992.[3] After college, she worked for Toyota as a District Account Manager.[4][5] Financing her degree with assets inherited from her family,[6] she earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in international finance and marketing from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in 1999.[2][3] She worked for Citibank, William Blair & Company, and the Crossroads Group after earning her MBA.[7]

In 2002, Loeffler joined Intercontinental Exchange, a commodity and financial service provider, in investor relations.[8] After marrying the firm's CEO Jeffrey Sprecher in 2004, a courtship described by Sprecher as her biggest risk "because if it didn’t work out, she’d be on the short end of the stick,"[9][10] she was eventually promoted to senior vice president of investor relations and corporate communications.[11] Loeffler bought a minority stake in the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2010.[2] Mary Brock and Loeffler purchased the Atlanta Dream from Kathy Betty in 2011.[11][12] She became the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, in 2018.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Loeffler

[Shanti Mama]

9. Oh come on.

She may be a terrible human being, but please don't use that hackneyed, sexist phrase.

[vlyons]

2. Republicans are getting scared s**tless

Pulling out all the stops on the intimidation tactic. They got nothing else. And it certainly won't work on the Jr senator from Utah, who is a beloved Mormon favorite son of Utah. A red state that has little love for Trump.

[UniteFightBack]

8. Yes they are 'acting out'.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Romney's trending. The loony rightwing ankle biters are all over him.

The Trump/GOP smear machine is so obvious and predictable

[Beartracks]

5. Yes, just trying to "appease" those who follow the rule of law.

Hey, Republicans: You don't HAVE to stick with Trump just because he's "your guy." He's not your local NFL franchise team that you have to root for "no matter what"...

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[yortsed snacilbuper]

6. rmoney is,

Teflon, they can't do anything to him that matters, and trump is so last year!

[Initech]

7. Oh fuck off, Loeffler. It's called "following the rules".