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According to a new book, Mitt Romney sabotaged Donald Trump’s chances of re-election in 2020 by urging Joe Biden to run.
The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti claims that Romney believed correctly that Trump would have crushed Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, and the rest of the weak Dem field.
Romney has been a vocal critic of Trump’s since he took office, and even considered mounting a primary challenge against him in 2016.
It’s unclear if Romney will run for president again in 2024, but if he does, it’s safe to say that Trump won’t be happy about it.
The author of the book had some pretty damning things to say about the situation in an interview:
“My book is primarily the product of hundreds of interviews with colleagues, aides, rivals, confidants, allies and eyewitnesses from every stage” of Obama and Biden’s careers since 2003.
“When someone’s words are rendered in italics, that indicates an approximation based on the memories of sources who did not recall exact wordings.
He clarified in his book:
“Biden spent election night glued to his phone as usual. He talked to most of the candidates he’d campaigned for, and plenty he didn’t, either to congratulate or console them, or just to catch up.
“This time felt better than 2016 in part because Democrats were winning big, at least in local races and in the House.
“But it was also because of a refrain Biden kept hearing, and not always from the most expected sources.
“At one point he connected with Mitt Romney, who’d been easily elected to the Senate that night as a rare Trump-opposing Republican. They were warm as Biden cheered Romney’s win.
“Then Obama’s old rival got to the point: You have to run, Romney said.”
In “The Exiles,” Debenedetti claims that Romney urged Joe Biden to take down Trump in 2024, saying he would be “happy to support” the former vice president if he ran.
Romney, who was the Republican nominee for president in 2012, has been one of Trump’s most vocal critics within the GOP. In 2016, he called Trump a “phony” and a “fraud.”
Trump, for his part, has repeatedly attacked Romney, calling him a “loser” and a “failed presidential candidate.”
It’s no surprise, then, that Romney would want to see Trump defeated in 2024. But it is surprising that he would urge Biden to run against him.
Biden has repeatedly said he is not interested in running for president again. And even if he did decide to run, it’s far from certain that he would be able to defeat Trump.
Still, Romney’s comments are sure to add fuel to the fire of the already-heated rivalry between him and Trump.
Romney has denied the allegations, but Wolff stands by his story.
This is just the latest example of Romney’s alleged disloyalty to Trump.
In 2016, Romney was one of the most vocal critics of then-candidate Donald Trump.
And now, according to a new book, it seems that Romney may have sabotaged Trump’s presidential campaign.
