{"id":1461252,"date":"2022-05-03T07:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461252"},"modified":"2022-05-03T07:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:45:13","slug":"mitt-romney-wears-a-disguise-in-public-to-avoid-trump-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-wears-a-disguise-in-public-to-avoid-trump-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney Wears a Disguise in Public to Avoid Trump Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitt-romney-wears-a-disguise-in-public-to-avoid-trump-supporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Senator Mitt Romney allegedly wears a disguise when venturing out into public as a means to avoid Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to excerpts from a new book titled, \u201cThis Will Not Pass,\u201d written by New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mitt-romney-avoids-donald-trump-supporters-by-wearing-hats-2022-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports that<\/a> Romney (R-UT) has been using an elaborate disguise when vacationing in Palm Beach, Florida where he owns a home.<\/p>\n<p>And by \u2018elaborate,\u2019 we mean straight from the Marvel Universe school of disguises in which he\u2019s been wearing hats while dining out in the wealthy town where former President Donald Trump also has a home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he were recognized by Trump supporters there, there was a good chance he would be harassed,\u201d a family friend told the authors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmartNYT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jmartNYT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexburnsNYT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alexburnsNYT<\/a> report Sen. Mitt Romney wears a disguise in public to avoid being recognized by supporters of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>There are more Romney tidbits in their new book \u201cThis Will not Pass\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/utpol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#utpol<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1dHszpuGi6\">https:\/\/t.co\/1dHszpuGi6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan \u201cAs seen on Rachel Maddow\u201d Schott (@SchottHappens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SchottHappens\/status\/1520194973567647744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/trump-ally-sean-reyes-is-preparing-to-primary-mitt-romney-for-utah-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Ally Sean Reyes Is Preparing To Primary Mitt Romney For Utah Senate Seat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Mitt Romney\u2019s Disguise<\/h3>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Salt Lake Tribune provides other interesting revelations from the book regarding Mitt Romney, crafty disguises aside.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/04\/29\/mitt-romney-wears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the newspaper<\/a>, Ann Romney, the Republican senator\u2019s wife, says Trump\u2019s feud with him has created such hostility amongst supporters that she has \u201csevere doubts about whether any of their five sons could ever run for elected office as Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A horrific fate, to be sure.<\/p>\n<p>Last spring, Mitt Romney had boos and catcalls cascaded down upon him from well over 2,000 Republican delegates at the Utah Republican State Convention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ICYMI: Here is Romney getting booed:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x7BVX2X5i9\">pic.twitter.com\/x7BVX2X5i9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1389307114338803712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Republican Party in Weber County, Utah, issued\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/utah-republicans-censure-mitt-romney-one-week-after-booing-him-at-state-gop-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a formal<\/a>\u00a0censure of Romney for his multiple votes to convict Trump during his impeachment trials.<\/p>\n<p>Trump issued a statement around that time calling the Utah senator \u201ca stone-cold loser!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW Trump statement on Romney: \u201cSo nice to see RINO Mitt Romney booed off the stage at the Utah Republican State Convention. They are among the earliest to have figured this guy out, a stone cold loser!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henryrodgersdc\/status\/1389306076680663040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In recent news, Romney has \u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blamed the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mitt-romney-trump-obama-america-first-80s-called-russia-ukraine-invasion-2022-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump-touted concept<\/a> of \u2018America First.\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mitt-romney-oppose-repealing-tsa-mask-mandate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joined Democrats<\/a>\u00a0as the only Republican to vote against repealing the transportation mask mandate.<\/li>\n<li>Accused decorated Iraq War veteran and former Representative Tulsi Gabbard of being a Russian asset and spreading \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/tulsi-gabbard-demands-mitt-romney-resign-after-he-accuses-her-of-treason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treasonous lies<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gabbard demanded Romney resign over his comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Romney, please provide evidence that what I said is untrue and treasonous,\u201d demanded Gabbard. \u201cIf you cannot, you should do the honorable thing: apologize and resign from the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later sent him a cease-and-desist letter and insisted he retract his statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When powerful, influential people make baseless accusations of treason, a crime punishable by death, in order to intimidate, silence and censor those who speak the truth, it has a chilling effect on our democracy.\u202f This cannot go unchecked. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/evoefpc0Yd\">https:\/\/t.co\/evoefpc0Yd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1516857719478620160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/tulsi-gabbard-demands-mitt-romney-resign-after-he-accuses-her-of-treason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard Demands Mitt Romney Resign After He Accuses Her Of \u2018Treason\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Romney\u2019s Alias<\/h3>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Mitt Romney has engaged in using disguises before.<\/p>\n<p>The Senator also ran a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2019\/10\/mitt-romney-has-a-secret-twitter-account-and-it-sure-looks-like-its-this-one.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake Twitter<\/a> account\u00a0to attack Trump, using the name \u201cPierre Delecto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Delecto, Romney, who has become one of President Trump\u2019s most vocal GOP critics, used the account to like critical tweets about the president, while also occasionally defending himself against detractors,\u201d the Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/10\/21\/mitt-romney-pierre-delecto-twitter-slate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing disguises in public while sporting an online alter ego at home is not very becoming of a sitting U.S. senator.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Are you sure he\u2019s not just cosplaying Pierre Delecto, Man of Mystery?<\/p>\n<p>What a lily livered loser. Takes a stand &#038; can\u2019t take the criticism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GBANvPYqrc\">https:\/\/t.co\/GBANvPYqrc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stacey \u2013 Gen X the Let\u2019s Find Out Generation (@ScotsFyre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotsFyre\/status\/1520197986579632132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In all fairness, Romney\u2019s use of a disguise may be somewhat warranted considering last January, some supporters of President Trump confronted Romney as he sat quietly at an airport waiting area, with others chanting \u201ctraitor\u201d later on the airplane.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<p>If only he had been wearing a hat at the time, this never would have happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Mitt Romney allegedly wears a disguise when venturing out into public as a means to avoid Trump supporters. 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