Sen.
Mitt Romney (R-UT) took shots at Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for suggesting that the United States ought to consider a national divorce and break apart into blue states and red states.
Deseret reported that Senator Romney made remarks while speaking with local reporters in the Salt Lake City area. Reporter Katie McKellar said the following about the Senators comments:
Sen. Mitt Romney on Tuesday firmly denounced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenes recent call for a national divorce, harkening back on what happened in the U.S. during the Civil War,
She also stated:
You know, I think Abraham Lincoln dealt with that kind of insanity, the Utah Republican told reporters during a brief press availability during his visit with lawmakers at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City. Were not going to divide the country. Its united we stand, divided we fall, Romney said.
Raw Story reports that Greene is a far-right Congress member with ties to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). She is also famous for pushing specific conspiracy theories, such as the Q-Anon theory.
Representative Greene wrote about her latest idea that the states should break apart: We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government, and Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrats traitorous America Last policies, we are done.
Secession from the Union is illegal, and the last time that was attempted led to the Civil War. This did not turn out well for southern states as the infrastructure of the South was leveled, and hundreds of thousands of people were killed in those battles.
Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox also shot Representative Greene for suggesting that the states break up. Cox tweeted about it, saying:
This rhetoric is destructive and wrong and honestly evil,
and
We dont need a divorce, we need marriage counseling. And we need elected leaders that dont profit by tearing us apart.
There appears to be a riff between some of the establishment members of the Republican Party and those who are newcomers like Greene. Watching how this kind of thing will play out is essential. Greene has a lot of clout with specific groups of people, but people like Senator Romney have a lot of the establishment power in the party.
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