GOP Establishment leader released a snarky hateful statement to the liberal media before his anti-Trump speech today in Utah.
GOP Establishment (GOPe) leaders Romney, Jeb! and Marco
Romney calls Trump a phony and fraud and spits in the face of conservative voters.
CBS News reported:
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is charging into the increasingly divisive 2016 GOP White House sweepstakes Thursday with a harsh takedown of front-runner Donald Trump, calling him a “phony” and exhorting fellow Republicans to shun him for the good of the country and party.
“His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University,” Romney said in a speech readied for delivery to a University of Utah audience, portions of which were provided in advance to numerous news outlets, including CBS News.
In turning up the rhetoric, Romney cast his lot with a growing chorus of anxious Republican leaders – people many Trump supporters view as establishment figures – in trying to slow the New York real estate mogul’s momentum.
“Here’s what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud,” Romney said in his talk, set for delivery later Thursday. “His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He’s playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat.
Romney adds, “His domestic policies would lead to recession. His foreign policies would make America and the world less safe. He has neither the temperament nor the judgement to be president. And his personal qualities would mean that America would cease to be a shining city on a hill,” referring to Ronald Reagan’s famous depiction of the U.S.