Mitt Romney Suggests Biden Is Going Down ‘the Same Tragic Road’ as Trump

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) criticized President Joe Biden following his speech on voting rights.

While delivering remarks from the Senate floor on Tuesday, Romney accused Biden of saying “quite a number of things that simply weren’t true.”

Romney explained, “He also accused a number of my good and principled colleagues of the Senate of having sinister, even racist, inclinations.”

The senator mentioned a quote by Biden, saying the goal of some Republicans is to “turn the will of the voters into a mere suggestion.”

He added, “And so, President Biden goes down the same tragic road taken by President Trump — casting doubt on the reliability of American elections.”

Calling it a “sad, sad day,” Romney added, “I expected more of President Biden, who came into office with the stated goal of bringing the country together.”

Watch his remarks below:

During Biden’s speech, he also urged the Senate to change the filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation.

“I support changing the Senate rules, whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking actions on voting rights,” he said.

Romney defended the filibuster, saying, “There is also a reasonable chance Republicans will win both houses in Congress, and that Donald Trump