Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not run for reelection to the Senate and called for a “new generation of leaders” as he criticized both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Mitt’s dad can be proud that Mitt refused to fossilize politically as a governor. And that he stood up as best he could to a political maelstrom whose end game that Mitt seemed to disbelieve could really be dictatorship, white supremacy, and tyranny.
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Mitt’s dad can be proud that Mitt refused to fossilize politically as a governor. And that he stood up as best he could to a political maelstrom whose end game that Mitt seemed to disbelieve could really be dictatorship, white supremacy, and tyranny.