Romney’s “Utter Moral Failure” to Challenge Trump on Birther Conspiracies

David A. Harris — May 29, 2012 – 1:04 pm | Comments (0) Add a comment

Originally Published in Politico

Leave it to Mitt Romney to bring me together in agreement with George Will, who yesterday called Donald Trump a “bloviating ignoramus.”

It is disturbing in the extreme that too many Americans already harbor any thought that our president is not an American - particularly after the release of the long-form birth certificate, which one might think would have shut down the birther cottage industry. That this lunacy would actually be advanced by Mitt Romney’s surrogate and fundraising headliner du jour - the nutty Trump, who offensively doubled-down on his crazy birther questions even this morning - is just astonishing given that we’re talking about the GOP standard-bearer.

The most important thing here is what this says about Mitt Romney: when confronted by press with the inevitable questions, does he separate from Trump? Does he even appropriately challenge these outlandish claims, as John McCain did in 2008? No - he takes some variation of the “I don’t agree with every supporter” line. It’s an utter moral failure, plain and simple. What will hurt Romney most in the eyes of some independent voters is his refusal to stand up and say the right thing - to do anything, really - out of an apparent fear of offending the most extreme radical fringe of his party. 

David A. Harris is the President and CEO of NJDC

 

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