Romney to Retire, Hurricane Lee Prep, Ethics Entaglement

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

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Sen. Mitt Romney will not run for a second term. States unaccustomed to hurricanes, such as Maine, prepare for Hurricane Lee. And a close advisor to President Joe Biden counseled both a man accused of sexual harassment and the woman who accused him.

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0:00.0	Mitt Romney has been a lonely Republican voice.
0:05.2	I represent a small wing of the party.
0:07.1	If you will, I call it the wise wing of the Republican party.
0:09.9	And I don't believe we're dip going away.
0:11.9	Romney is retiring, so what's that mean for Donald Trump's critics?
0:15.1	I mean, Martinez, that's Steve Innskipe, and this is up first from MPR News.
0:20.8	Hurricane Lee is moving north in the general direction of Maine.
0:24.6	Not many of us have ever experienced the hurricane up here.
0:28.8	How ready are residents in emergency crews?
0:31.1	And the PR firm once run by a presidential advisor,
0:34.5	apologized for a conflict of interest.
0:36.8	The company run by Anita Dunn gave help to both sides in a case of alleged retaliation
0:41.4	for sexual harassment out of the conflict come to light five years later.
0:45.5	Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
0:53.3	In an office filled with mementos of his political career,
0:57.4	Senator Mitt Romney explained his reasons for ending it.
1:00.8	At the end of another term, I'd be in my mid 80s.
1:05.6	Frankly, it's time for a new generation of leaders.
1:10.0	They're the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in.
1:14.9	Utah Republican Senator and former presidential hopeful is known as a frequent
1:18.9	bipartisan negotiator and an outspoken critic of Donald Trump.
1:22.6	His departure adds to the increasingly divisive state of American politics.
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