Romney Warns That “Democracy is Fragile” on 1/6 Anniversary

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Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) warned that “democracy is fragile” 1 twelvemonth aft the onslaught connected the United States Capitol and called connected Republicans to heed the lessons of that day, saying ideology cannot past without “leaders of integrity” who tin emergence supra the fold.

“We disregard the lessons of January 6 astatine our ain peril. Democracy is fragile; it cannot past without leaders of integrity and quality who attraction much astir the spot of our Republic than astir winning the adjacent election,” Romney said successful a statement.

“I said past twelvemonth that the champion mode we tin amusement respect for voters who are upset is by telling them the truth,” helium added. “The work that elected officials person successful this respect is cardinal to reversing the malaise gripping our existent authorities and ensuring that our ideology endures.”

Romney thanked those who worked to support the Capitol during the attack, allowing members of Congress to fulfill their “responsibility to number the votes and that the transportation of powerfulness continued unimpeded.”

“Today, we telephone to caput the representation of those who were tragically mislaid connected the 6th and successful the pursuing days, and we bespeak with gratitude connected the heroic efforts of those who protected the U.S. Capitol and each of america wrong the building,” Romney said.

Many person condemned the onslaught arsenic good arsenic erstwhile President Donald Trump for the lies that influenced it, though nary much forcefully than President Joe Biden, who rebuked Trump for spinning “a web of lies” that culminated successful the attack, which took spot erstwhile a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the gathering successful a failed bid to disrupt the electoral certification of an predetermination they believed had been stolen.

“The erstwhile president of the United States of America has created and dispersed a web of lies astir the 2020 election. He has done truthful due to the fact that helium values powerfulness implicit principle, due to the fact that helium sees his ain involvement arsenic much important than his country’s interest, America’s interest, and due to the fact that his bruised ego means much to him than our ideology and our Constitution,” Biden said. “He can’t judge helium lost.”

Romney has condemned the onslaught astatine each turn, astatine 1 constituent referring to it arsenic “a convulsive effort to interfere with and forestall the law bid of installing a caller president, and arsenic such, it was an insurrection against the Constitution, it resulted successful terrible spot damage, terrible injuries, and death.”