Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee accused Sen. Mitt Romney of putting his interests before the country’s and said it would have been good if the Utah Republican would have won the White House in 2012 so he could be impeached now.
“What is it that he wants out of this?” Huckabee asked radio host Todd Starnes. “Does he want to be able to sit down at the table with Morning Joe and be celebrated and beloved by that crowd?”
Huckabee was referring to comments Romney has made during the Senate impeachment trial suggesting that he would like to hear from witnesses, including John Bolton, despite the fact that the majority of Republicans have expressed opposite opinions.
“I’d like to hear from John Bolton,” Romney told reporters this week.
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“It would’ve been good that he became president just so he could be impeached,” Huckabee said. “This is so disappointing, not surprising, but disappointing that Mitt Romney feels like he’s got to now be the contrarian. He wants to be the fly in the ointment — the guy that sides with the Democrats and their absolutely sloppy and horrible treatment of this elected president.”
