Mitt Romney Is On President-Elect Trump’s Secretary Of State Shortlist, Trump Supporters Not Happy

The Trump transition team said it won’t make any more major Cabinet announcements until after the weekend. That’s probably a good move. Everyone’s super busy recovering from meat sweats and pie comas. But that hasn’t stopped the speculation. With every passing day, “Secretary of State Mitt Romney” looks like more of a possibility. Trump loyalists aren’t too happy about it.

“It’s not about that I don’t care for Mitt personally, but I’m still very unhappy that Mitt did everything he could to derail Donald Trump,” Mike Huckabee told Fox News. “He didn’t just go after him from a standpoint of saying I disagree with his policy on immigration or I disagree with his policy on taxes. He attacked him on a personal level about his character, integrity, his honor.”

Newt Gingrich voiced similar concerns.

“You have to list out all the things he said and think, ‘Is this guy really gonna be loyal?’ But also, you know, Gov. Romney wanted to be president, not secretary of state, and you have to ask the question: When he goes overseas, is he gonna be the secretary of state for President Trump or is he gonna be Mitt Romney’s own secretary state?” Gingrich asked. “I will support whoever President-elect Trump picks because he has the right, I think as the new president, to build the team he wants to build, but I would suggest there are a lot of other people who are more qualified than Romney in foreign policy and who are also have not been as actively hostile as he’s been.”

Kellyanne Conway addressed their concerns. Kinda.

Receiving deluge of social media & private comms re: Romney Some Trump loyalists warn against Romney as sec of state https://t.co/HDtpjeJTc3

— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) November 24, 2016

Kissinger & Schultz as Secs of State flew around the world less, counseled POTUS close to home more. And were loyal. Good checklist.

— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) November 24, 2016

I’m not sure how I feel about Romney as secretary of state. I never even considered him, really. I wanted it to be Newt Gingrich.

There’s one thing I do like about Trump considering Romney, though. He’s proving that he’s not afraid to work closely with his critics. That certainly says something.