Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, adjusts a hat that he was given after a tour of Kenworth Gross sales in West Valley Metropolis on Nov. 12, 2021. Romney reportedly wears a hat when vacationing in Florida to keep away from undesirable consideration. Shafkat Anowar, Deseret Information
Sen. Mitt Romney apparently tries to disguise himself when vacationing in Palm Seaside, Florida, to keep away from harassment from supporters of former President Donald Trump.
New York Occasions reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns write of their new ebook “This Will Not Cross: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future” that a household good friend says the Utah Republican wears a hat whereas eating out within the rich oceanside city.
“If he had been acknowledged by Trump supporters there, there was a very good likelihood he could be harassed,” the authors wrote, in keeping with Enterprise Insider. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort can be in Palm Seaside.
Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, was a vocal critic of Trump earlier than and after he took the White Home.
On Jan. 5 2021, the day earlier than the U.S. Capitol riot, Trump supporters accosted Romney on the Salt Lake Worldwide Airport as he waited for a flight to Washington, D.C. A lady in a video that went viral known as him an “absolute joke” as a result of he wasn’t supporting Trump’s try to overturn the 2020 election. Passengers on the airplane chanted “traitor” on the senator.
Romney was amongst seven Republican senators who voted to take away Trump from workplace for inciting an riot on the Capitol. He additionally voted to convict Trump in his first impeachment trial.
Sporting hats in public wasn’t Romney’s first try to hide his identification. He admitted in 2019 to utilizing a secret Twitter account below the title “Pierre Delecto” to learn political information, preserve monitor of politicians, defend himself on social media and “like” essential tweets about Trump.
As some Republicans started to embrace Trump once more after he left workplace, others — together with Romney’s spouse Ann — had been fearful for his or her security, Martin and Burns wrote within the ebook, in keeping with Enterprise Insider. She instructed the authors that her 5 sons had been pleased with their father however not sure concerning the Republican Social gathering.
“Trump’s dominance, she stated, made it unsure whether or not any of the boys may run for workplace as Republicans,” the authors wrote.
Romney was booed on the final two Utah Republican Social gathering state conventions, together with the one final month that he didn't attend.