Sen. @MittRomney was greeted with loud boos and jeers at the Utah GOP convention.
Romney then asked the crowd, "Aren't you embarrassed?"pic.twitter.com/7uHY0UZonA
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 1, 2021
“You can boo all you like. I’ve been a Republican all of my life.”
Mitt Romney was greeted with boos and shouts of “communist” and “traitor” at the Utah GOP event.https://t.co/On3vHO5cpE
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 1, 2021
As The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles points out, Romney claimed he was an independent during the Reagan years:
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) May 2, 2021
He’s been called out on this line before:
Just remember Mitt Romney 1994: “Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.” Nothing surprising in today’s announcement. If someone won’t defend President Reagan they probably won’t defend President Trump.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 5, 2020
I would give anything if Romney had said “I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush” to that. #cnndebate
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) January 27, 2012
Romney also said he “was not a fan of our last president’s character issues.” From the Salt Lake Tribune:
“I’m a man who says what he means, and you know I was not a fan of our last president’s character issues,” said Romney as delegates attempted to shout him down. Accusations that Romney was a “traitor” or “communist” flew from the crowd like so many poison darts.
The cacophony of disapproval only ended after outgoing party chair Derek Brown scolded delegates to “show respect” for Romney.
“You can boo all you like,” said Romney. “I’ve been a Republican all of my life. My dad was the governor of Michigan and I was the Republican nominee for president in 2012.”
Oddly, Romney didn’t have much to say about “character issues” when he was accepting Trump’s endorsement in 2012:
#ThrowbackThursday VIDEO … Feb. 2, 2012: Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney https://t.co/FtZoC8fs2Y pic.twitter.com/TFZUMFFLQO
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 3, 2016
