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Round 2: Trump, Romney spar again over Republican nomination
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and former GOP nominee Mitt Romney began a new round in their war of words on Friday, after Romney said he would vote for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the upcoming Utah caucus.
Despite the statement, Romney didn’t exactly endorse Cruz. Romney acknowledged he had campaigned alongside Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, but said supporting Cruz was the GOP’s best chance to prevent Trump from locking up the nomination with the required 1,237 delegates.
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“Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism,” Romney said in a statement on Facebook. “Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these.” Read more…
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