Mitt Romney will give a speech today on Donald Trump and we’re starting to see a few excerpts of what he’ll be saying.
First up, according to this excerpt posted by Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin, Romney will call Trump a “phony, a fraud” and that “he’s playing the American public for suckers”:
BREAKING NOW: 1st excerpts from Thursday @MittRomney speech on @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/FREhAFiTLs
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) March 3, 2016
Romeny is also set to attack Trump on Trump’s assertion that he can beat Hillary Clinton in November, saying “a Trump nomination enables her victory”:
In his speech today, @MittRomney plans to criticize @HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump. More excerpts: pic.twitter.com/ymt65rpiEB
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) March 3, 2016
Is Mitt’s attack going to work? People aren’t so sure:
Romney going after Reagan base with the 'city on a hill' bit (which seems to miss point that Trump base different) https://t.co/FaVAJjhvYy
— Ben Berkowitz (@BerkowitzBT) March 3, 2016
Now that's what I'm talking about. But it's too little too late. Trump has the nomination if he wants it https://t.co/gagoLuYsxO
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) March 3, 2016
Preaching to the choir. Meanwhile, the people who need to hear this will have their hands covering their ears. https://t.co/k0HNhManL1
— Michele (@inthefade) March 3, 2016
Trump fired back on Twitter:
Failed candidate Mitt Romney,who ran one of the worst races in presidential history,is working with the establishment to bury a big "R" win!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2016
I have brought millions of people into the Republican Party, while the Dems are going down. Establishment wants to kill this movement!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2016
Why would the great people of Florida vote for a guy who, as a Senator, never even shows up to vote – worst record. Marco Rubio is a joke!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2016
I am the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton. I am not a Mitt Romney, who doesn't know how to win. Hillary wants no part of "Trump"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2016
Why did Mitt Romney BEG me for my endorsement four years ago?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2016
Flashback: Did Mitt forget when he was honored to get Trump’s endorsement?
Mitt Romney endorses Trump That One Time When Mitt Romney Praised Donald Trump… https://t.co/AOLCHB9exn via @YouTube
— Joe Paratore (@paratoreknows) March 3, 2016
The speech is at 11:30 a.m. ET in Salt Lake City.
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Editor’s note: additional tweets were added to this post.
