Mitt Romney Shares Very Real Reason He Fears Trump’s ‘Revenge’ Tour

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has apprehensive about his family members’ security ought to Donald Trump win the election and go on his promised “revenge” tour in opposition to political foes, his biographer McKay Coppins advised CNN on Wednesday.

“Mitt Romney is aware of that he could be on that enemies listing. He’s apprehensive about defending his household. He mentioned, ‘, I’ve 25 grandkids, how do you defend 25 grandkids?’” mentioned Coppins, creator of the 2023 guide “Romney: A Reckoning.”

Coppins added that he believes Romney’s considerations over a potential Trump win are partially attributable to not eager to “set himself up as a martyr.”

“I believe he additionally has comprehensible safety considerations about speaking about these items an excessive amount of in public,” Coppins mentioned of the 2012 GOP presidential candidate.

“However as soon as I did get him speaking, it was clear that he had thought via the ramifications of a president being reelected who has mentioned that he’ll use the workplace to go to retribution, revenge on his political enemies.”

Romney, a longtime critic of the present GOP nominee, advised Coppins in a latest interview for The Atlantic that he’d take Trump “at his phrase” over his vow to go after political enemies.

Trump, who pledged to be a dictator on “day one” of a potential second time period, took to his Reality Social platform earlier this month to threaten to jail foes “concerned in unscrupulous habits” ought to he win the election in November.

Romney has but to make an endorsement within the 2024 race though he’s beforehand declared that he would “completely not” solid his vote for Trump.

Coppins, earlier within the interview with host Jake Tapper, mentioned a potential Trump win was “not one thing” that Romney needed to speak about, including that he’s talked with the senator for 2 years.

“He was normally very candid with me… And I requested him about it and he didn’t need to go there at first,” Coppins mentioned.

Coppins later emphasised to CNN that the safety of Romney’s grandchildren is a “actual concern” for the senator.

“And I believe it’s a fairly stark reminder of the place we’re as a rustic, that the 2012 Republican presidential nominee is so apprehensive afraid about what it might imply for his private security, his household security, if the present Republican nominee wins,” Coppins mentioned.