Mitt attack: Trump is ‘phony’ & ‘fraud’

Mitt Romney called Donald J. Trump “a phony” and “a fraud” in an impassioned speech on Thursday in which he urged Republicans to rally around another candidate and warned that a Trump presidency could lead Americans into a dark abyss. The hastily organized speech , which was delivered in Utah, was a last-ditch effort among leaders in the Republican Party to blunt Mr. Trump’s momentum before he runs away with the presidential nomination. Mr. Romney has been criticizing Mr. Trump on social media in recent weeks, calling on him to release his tax returns and arguing that slowness to denounce the Ku Klux Klan was disqualifying for a presidential candidate. On Thursday Mr. Romney was unsparing, eviscerating Mr. Trump as unstable, immoral and cruel/ New York Times . More here.

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Question: What do you make of Mitt Romney’s statements this morning about GOPresidential frontrunner Donald Trump?