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‘The lane that I’ve chosen has almost no one in it,’ the Utah Republican and two-time presidential hopeful says
By Burgess Everett | POLITICO
When asked about Republicans’ criticism of his occasional anti-Trump stances, Mitt Romney doesn’t miss a beat: “I have to show you something.”
He grabs his iPad and pulls up an article: “Romney: why the Republican pros distrust him.” It’s a 1964 Look Magazine profile about his father, George, a former moderate governor of Michigan, which claims that “party people are troubled by what he says.”
Mitt Romney’s point is simple: Drawing GOP crossfire is essentially part of the Romney family business.