Romney Unloads on Colleagues in New Biography
Romney reflects on political career, warns against division and fearmongering.
- In McKay Coppins's new biography, 'Romney: A Reckoning,' Senator Mitt Romney is candid about his disdain for the direction of the Republican Party and Donald Trump's influence on it, offering unfiltered opinions of his fellow Republicans.
- Romney criticizes several of his fellow Republicans, including Chris Christie, whom he accuses of severely diminishing his moral standing through endorsing Trump, and Ted Cruz for what he sees as calculative political maneuvers that put politics above the Constitution.
- Texts and emails reveal Romney warning Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell about possible violence ahead of the January 6th insurrection, following a conversation he had with Senator Angus King, however, McConnell did not respond.
- Romney's biography records episodes from his private journals, including a closer look at his transition from being initially charmed by Trump during the 2012 presidential campaign to his head-on opposition and stark denouncement of Trump as 'racist, bigoted, misogynistic, xenophobic'.
- Despite his disappointment and criticism of the Republican party's trajectory, Romney rates himself amongst the 'reasonable Republicans', raising questions about the role mainstream establishment Republicans might have played in enabling the rise of Trump.
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