Mitt Romney's Anti-Trump Speech Had One Glaring Omission

That's a PR 101 class: Reading the room. And GOP failed it.

It’s been a minute — 2012, to be exact — since we last heard from the Reagan acolyte and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. But today, Romney stood on a stage at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute and eviscerated Donald Trump and his lofty goals to move to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Only one problem: They used to be buddies.

Back in 2012, Romney strongly curried the endorsement of Trump, got it, and still lost. Now, Trump is the lead horse in this race and the GOP reaches out to Romney to get the American people (aka Republicans and Independents interested in Trumping the vote) to change their ever-loving, collective minds.

“I believe with all my heart and soul that we face another time for choosing, one that will have profound consequences for the Republican Party and more importantly, for the country,” Romney said in Utah at the Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum.

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