Romney's revenge: Mitt helped convince Biden to run for president, new book reveals
by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter
September 09, 2022 11:03 AM
About six years after getting bested by the Obama-Biden ticket in 2012, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) implored his old vice presidential rival to vie for the presidency in 2020 amid his dismay with former President Donald Trump, a new book claims.
Romney's encouragement came at a time when the Democrats had swept to victory in the 2018 midterm elections, riding a wave of antipathy and backlash against Trump. Romney had also cruised to victory, with Trump's begrudging endorsement of his 2018 Utah Senate seat bid, but was apparently eager to see Trump out of the political picture and prodded now-President Joe Biden to run in 2020.
“At one point [Biden] connected with Mitt Romney, who’d been easily elected to the Senate that night as a rare Trump-opposing Republican. They were warm as Biden cheered Romney’s win," the book, previewed by the Guardian, recounted. "Then Obama’s old rival got to the point: You have to run, Romney said.”
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