GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Utah US Senate candidate Mitt Romney said he would not point to his party’s leader, President Donald Trump, as a role model for his grandchildren, citing his “personal style…’ Walking a political tightrope with his answer, Romney went to say, ‘I believe his policies have been by and large a good deal better than I might have expected. But some of the things he said are not ones that I would aspire for my grandkids to adopt.’ In the same interview, however, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee praised Trump for exceeding his expectations on tax and regulatory policy…During the 2016 campaign, Romney delivered a scathing rebuke of Trump in a speech in which he called the Republican candidate a ‘phony’ and a bully, and criticized his rhetoric about Muslims and Mexican immigrants. Trump retaliated by mocking Romney’s 2012 presidential loss and said he was ‘begging’ for his endorsement during that time. But after Trump won the presidency, Romney was briefly considered for the position of secretary of state and the two were even photographed having dinner together.”
-Veronica Stracqualursi, “Romney would not point to Trump as a role model for his grandchildren,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 29, 2018 1:29 pm