Romney on McConnell: I Think There‘s a Perception that He Rules with an Iron Hand, Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth

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ROMNEY: “I was surprised that he announced it today, because it‘s a long period now of relatively lame duck status. But, you know, I think there‘s perception that Mitch McConnell rules with an iron hand, that he twists arms and tells people how he wants them to vote. Nothing could be further from the truth. I think he recognizes that there are 49 Republicans in our caucus, each of whom thinks they ought to be president of the United States, and the last thing they need is a leader who‘s telling them what to do. And so he listens to us, encourages us to follow our own conscience. Now and then he‘ll tell us what he‘s gonna do, oftentimes not until the last minute. So, I don‘t think there‘s a big change in how we will operate over the coming months.”