Tweet of the Day: Mitt Romney
Former GOP Presidential Nominee Bashes Current Frontrunner
Mitt Romney just took to Twitter to slam Donald Trump for refusing to disavow the KKK and David Duke on national television Sunday.
A disqualifying & disgusting response by @realDonaldTrump to the KKK. His coddling of repugnant bigotry is not in the character of America.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) February 29, 2016
Romney himself was accused of being pushing a “big, racist lie,” during the campaign, and President Barack Obama reportedly was angered after Romney’s call to concede the 2012 election.
David Axelrod wrote in his 2015 book, Believer: My 40 Years in Politics, that Obama was “unsmiling during the call, and slightly irritated when it was over.”
Romney, as The Huffington Post noted, “also reportedly told Obama that he had done a good job getting out the vote in Cleveland and Milwaukee, which Obama interpreted to mean black people.”
“That’s what he thinks this was all about,” Obama said, according to Axelrod.
But the former Massachusetts governor was much more receptive to Trump in 2012, when the Manhattan billionaire endorsed him for president.Â
Enjoy this piece?
… then let us make a small request. The New Civil Rights Movement depends on readers like you to meet our ongoing expenses and continue producing quality progressive journalism. Three Silicon Valley giants consume 70 percent of all online advertising dollars, so we need your help to continue doing what we do.
NCRM is independent. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. From unflinching coverage of religious extremism, to spotlighting efforts to roll back our rights, NCRM continues to speak truth to power. America needs independent voices like NCRM to be sure no one is forgotten.
Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Help ensure NCRM remains independent long into the future. Support progressive journalism with a one-time contribution to NCRM, or click here to become a subscriber. Thank you. Click here to donate by check.