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Mitt Romney calls Trump '900lb gorilla' of Republican party, slammed for 'feeding the monkey' bananas for years

Romney was the only Republican senator to vote for Trump's impeachment, but he also voted to support Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court quite recently

Donald Trump seems to be in no mood of leaving the White House any time soon. His mood of defiance is a cause for concern for the Republican party now. In fact, former presidential nominee Mitt Romney described Trump's stance through an interesting choice of words. "He isn't disappearing by any means," Romney stressed. Speaking on on NBC's 'Meet the Press' on Sunday, November 8, Romney called Trump the "900lb gorilla" of the Republican party,adding that he won't "just disappear."

"I believe the great majority of people who voted for Donald Trump want to make sure that his principles and his policies are pursued," Romney said. "So yeah, he's not disappearing by any means. He's the 900lb gorilla when it comes to the Republican party." Romney's comments came after Trump refused to concede the 2020 presidential election. The presidential election was called for Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate, on Saturday, November 7.

Romney was the only Republican senator to vote for Trump's impeachment, but he also voted to support Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court quite recently. However, the senator's recent comments sparked a mixture of reactions,right from criticizing him to condemning Trump. "You’ve been feeding the alt right monkey bananas for years. What did you expect, @MittRomney?" one wrote while another couldn't believe, "Mitt Romney called trump a 900 lb gorilla..... I am dead." A third hilariously commented, "Please do not denigrate gorillas. They are gentle, peaceful, and thoughtful creatures. I think the only creature you can compare Trump to is the predator or alien from the movie of that name And that still might be an insult to both of them."

"Republican Senator Mitt Romney has been criticized for describing Donald Trump as 'a 900 pound gorilla'. Chuck Simyan III, President of the United Gorillas of America, said: 'The Senator's comparison has upset our members bigly. We may be animals, but we're not that low,'" wrote one social media user, while a second commented, "Well, there you have it, folks. Mitt Romney on MTP just said that Trump is the Republican party. The '900lb gorilla' Trump will be the voice of the GOP for quite some time. So, I would use those words in campaign ads in the future. Let's not get complacent, work left to do."

Another remarked about Trump: "Pity this guy the next few years. He's going to alternate between being a punching bag for his own party and a pontoon bridge between it and the administration." One more user said, "@realDonaldTrump Mitt Romney calls you a ’900lb gorilla in the Republican party’. Look on the positive side it's good to hear that you've lost some weight."

Romney, the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nominee, who lost to former president Barack Obama's reelection bid that year, also pointed out the importance of losing gracefully once a presidential election is called for a candidate. “The people in the past, like myself, who lost elections have gone on in a way that said, ‘Look, I know the eyes of the world are on us. The eyes of our own people are on the institutions that we have. The eyes of history are on us,’” Romney said November 8. “In a setting like this, we want to preserve something which is far more important than ourself or even our party — and that is preserve the cause of freedom and democracy here and around the world,” he said.

However, he did admit that the POTUS was within his right to explore every legal avenue if he had doubts that the election had been an unfair one but at the same time he should be careful while doing so. “I think it's fine to pursue every legal avenue that one has. But I think one has to be careful in the choice of words. I think when you say that the election was corrupt or stolen or rigged, that's unfortunately rhetoric that gets picked up by authoritarians around the world,” Romney said. "It also discourages confidence in our democratic process here at home," he said. "And with a battle going on right now between authoritarianism and freedom, why, I think it's very important that we not use language which can encourage a course in history which would be very, very unfortunate."