ROMNEY LAUNCHES ATTACK ON TRUMP PRESIDENCY
WASHINGTON Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and incoming Utah senator, has quickly set himself apart from other Republicans in the new Congress with a blistering attack on President Donald Trump’s leadership and character, triggering what could become a new GOP rivalry.
Romney wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post, two days before being sworn in, that said Trump’s “conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions last month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office.”
Trump replied by tweeting he hoped Romney wouldn’t follow in the footsteps of Sen. Jeff Flake, who often criticized Trump, then opted to retire rather than risk defeat in a GOP primary.