Mitt Romney

American politician and businessman (born 1947) · United States · Politicians

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Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and retired politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. Romney was the Republican Party nominee in the 2012 presidential election.

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2024“I have spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I'd be in my mid-eighties. Frankly, it's time for a new generation of leaders.”In their wordsFrom his video statement explaining why he will not run for re-election to the senate in 2024, as cited in "Mitt Romney not seekingRead the whole statement

2023“A very large portion of my party,” he told me one day, “really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.”In their wordsInterviewed by McKay Coppins for his biography Romney: A Reckoning, as cited in an extract published as "What Mitt Romney Saw in theRead the whole statement

2022“Well, the Republican Party has long been the party of the Constitution. So when President Trump says he wants to suspend the Constitution, he goes from being MAGA to being RINO”In their words5 December 2022Mitt Romney skewers Trump as ‘RINO’ for floating ‘termination’ of Constitution (by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter December 5, 2022 08:27Read the whole statement

“[Reps.] Marjorie Taylor Greene and [[Paul Gosar|[Paul] Gosar]], I don’t know them.”In their words27 February 2022"'I Have Morons on My Team': Romney Takes on Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene Over White Nationalist Ties", Rolling Stone (February 27, 2022Read the whole statement

2021“Democrats’ plan to destroy private investment in order to finance a yet-to-be-written social spending bill is dangerous.”In their words26 October 2021"via twitter+video" (October 26, 2021)Read the whole statement

“I salute senator Lankford, Loeffler, Braun, and Daines and I'm sure others who, in the light of the day's outrage, have withdrawn their objection.”In their words"Senate Debate on Arizona Electoral College Vote Challenge, Part 2" at C-SPANRead the whole statement

Profile in Courage AwardAward2019United States senatorOffice2019-20252003Governor of MassachusettsOffice2003-20072002Gold Olympic OrderAward1947Born12 March 1947

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Romney in Cranbrook School's 1965 yearbook

Mitt Romney and Ann Romney with George Romney and Lenore Romney at the White House in 1969

Campaigning for U.S. Senate in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1994

Romney with Orrin Hatch at a press conference on Olympic security in October 2001

Romney, as president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics, speaking before a curling match

Romney with President George W. Bush in 2002

In their own words 10

Mitt Romney

10 statements, newest first

Now, I know that the shock jocks and online instigators have effectively riled up many in the far reaches of my party.
Feb 12, 2024, On the Senate floor, regarding aid to Ukraine (February 12, 2024), Own words
I have spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I'd be in my mid-eighties. Frankly, it's time for a new generation of leaders.
2024, From his video statement explaining why he will not run for re-election to the senate in 2024, as cited in "Mitt Romney not seeking, Own words
A very large portion of my party,” he told me one day, “really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.
2023, Interviewed by McKay Coppins for his biography Romney: A Reckoning, as cited in an extract published as "What Mitt Romney Saw in the, Own words