Baton handoff=COMPLETE: Guess who's praising 'a thoughtful piece from incoming Sen. Romney'

Mitt Romney’s anti-Trump op-ed in the Washington Post earned the soon-to-be Republican senator some comparisons to a certain outgoing senator, who has been good enough to help lend some validation to those comparisons:

A thoughtful piece by incoming Senator Romney. https://t.co/pKO0wXgbLw

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) January 2, 2019

Well, there it is.

This is perhaps the most predictable tweet of all time https://t.co/QOcyHGDbxO

— Tristan Ketcham (@tristankrolltid) January 2, 2019

To say the least.

Are you passing the limp baton to him?

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) January 2, 2019

Oh yeah, that's the stuff. https://t.co/rvEWM11ivj

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 2, 2019

Priceless https://t.co/RxbdjuAxP4

— Individual1 is proud to shut down the govt (@_marymary7) January 2, 2019

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