Former VP Joe Biden to headline Mitt Romney summit in Park City

[Old Warrior in Exile]

Former VP Joe Biden to headline Mitt Romney summit in Park City

By STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press
First Published Jun 05 2017 04:57PM    •    Last Updated Jun 05 2017 09:04 pm

Washington • Just days after launching a new political action committee, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden will join Republican officials and donors at a weekend retreat hosted by former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Biden will be interviewed by Romney during a Friday evening event in Park City, at the invitation-only summit, according to a Biden spokesman and participants briefed on the schedule. The speaker lineup for what is traditionally a gathering of Romney allies is packed with high-profile Republicans, among them House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain.

Ryan was Romney's running mate in 2012.

Biden spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield confirmed Biden's attendance Monday ahead of the three-day conference, which starts Thursday.

"Biden is attending because he believes in bipartisanship and the importance of keeping good lines of communication open across the aisle," she said.

The former vice president, 74, last week unveiled a political action committee that stoked fresh speculation he may seek the presidency in 2020. The committee, named American Possibilities PAC, allows him to raise money for candidates, pay for politically related travel costs and maintain relationships with donors.

In an email to supporters about the new organization, Biden said "the negativity, the pettiness, the small-mindedness of our politics drives me crazy." He did not mention President Donald Trump by name but said that kind of politics is "not who we are."

Romney was a prominent Trump critic in the months leading up to last fall's election and many of his Republican allies were prominent voices in the "Never Trump" movement.

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[dfwgator]

You are known by the company you keep.

[Old Warrior in Exile]

You are known by the company you keep.

Yep.

[truth_seeker]

#Nevertrump confab, Headliner is democrat Biden, Linda Graham and John McCain featured guests.

All including Romney, losing candidates for President.

[Old Warrior in Exile]

#Nevertrump confab, Headliner is democrat Biden, Linda Graham and John McCain featured guests.

All including Romney, losing candidates for President.

Birds of a feather.

I detect a fowl odor emanating from Park City.

[Frank Cannon]

#Nevertrump confab, Headliner is democrat Biden, Linda Graham and John McCain featured guests.

All including Romney, losing candidates for President.

LOL. That is one big pile of fail.

[Night Hides Not]

LOL. That is one big pile of fail.

There are A listers, B listers, and then Biden, Graham, and McCain.