Sen. Mitt Romney condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a statement late Wednesday. The Utah Republican blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion on a decade and more of U.S. weakness. Mr. Romney also took a shot at both of America's last two presidents, including a famed line thrown at him by Barack Obama.

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Mitt Romney condemns invasion of Ukraine, blasts past U.S. foreign policy.

Sen. Mitt Romney condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a statement late Wednesday that also took a shot at both of America’s last two former presidents, including a famed line thrown at him by Barack Obama.

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Sen. Mitt Romney takes swipe at Obama, Trump in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Mitt Romney claimed that the “peril of again looking away from Putin’s tyranny falls not just on the people of the nations he has violated, it falls on America as well.”

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, talks to reporters during votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)            J. Scott Applewhite/APRomney says 'the ‘80s called’ and US didn't answer as Russia invades Ukraine            Kate Scanlon    February 24, 11:56 AMFebruary 24, 11:56 AMUtah Sen. Mitt Romney made a thinly veiled reference to a moment from a 2012 presidential debate in a statement condemning Rus…

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Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) reacted quickly to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russian forces would be starting a “special military operation” into Ukraine, claiming the action is “without justification, without provocation and without honor.” However, Romney also faulted the United States’ foreign policy and handling of Russia’s aggression over the last two decades.On Wednesday night, The Daily Wire reported that U.S. Senato…

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‘The 80s Called And We Didn’t Answer’: Mitt Romney Issues Blistering Statement On Russia, ‘Tepid’ U.S. Foreign Policy

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) released a blistering statement late Wednesday after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.What did Romney say?Noting that Russia's invasion is the "first time in 80 years that a great power has moved to conquer a sovereign nation," Romney said in a statement t...

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Sen. Mitt Romney condemned what Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in Moscow as a "special military operation" in Ukraine. The Utah Republican also blasted previous presidential administrations for what he described as "tepid" responses to past Russian aggression and "shortsighted" foreign policy.

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Congrats to Mitt, who’s been waiting 10 years to use that line and finally got the opportunity in the grimmest of circumstances.
There’s good news on a dark day, though. This statement tha...

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Reacting to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) took a swipe at former President Obama, who during their 2012 presidential contest derided him for having called Russia “our number one geopolitical foe.”

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"Putin’s impunity predictably follows our tepid response to his previous horrors."

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Sen. Mitt Romney blasted previous presidential administrations for what he described as tepid responses to past Russian aggression. Romney also called for the U.S. to expand and modernize its military. President Joe Biden called the Russian attack on Ukraine unprovoked and unjustified.

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