Monday, February 19, 2018

Trump endorses Mitt Romney for Senate.

   President Donald Trump said Monday he supports Mitt Romney's bid for the US Senate from Utah, endorsing a former rival and major figure within the Republican Party. @MittRomney has announced he is running for the Senate from the wonderful State of Utah. He will make a great Senator and worthy successor to @OrrinHatch, and has my full support and endorsement!" Trump tweeted Monday evening. 
In his announcement, Romney made a veiled critique of the President's tone on immigration.
  Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world -- Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion," Romney said in a video Friday without mentioning Trump by name.When the two were feuding, the critiques were much more overt. Romney blasted then-candidate Trump and warned of a potential "bombshell" in the tax returns Trump refused to make public as the 2016 primary campaign season unfolded. Trump responded by calling Romney "one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics," and the two continued to exchange barbs. In one example, Romney calledTrump a "fraud" in a speech, and Trump said Romney "would have dropped to his knees" for Trump's endorsement in 2012. This article showed Trump's and Romney's difference in beliefs not just to each other but to the whole world over immigration. 

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