Mitt Romney’s new book Romney: A Reckoning, written by McKay Coppins, shares the politician’s blunt assessments of his fellow Republicans.
Romney recounts an interaction he and former president Donald Trump shared at a New England Patriots game. The two were guests of the owner Robert Kraft.
Coppins writes, “Trump sidled up to Romney’s son Josh and pointed at a leggy brunette across the room. ‘Have you seen my girlfriend, Melania?’ he asked, smirking. ‘When I drop her, the phone is gonna ring off the hook. Every guy in New York wants to go out with her.’”
Romney and Trump have a social history since the mid-1990s.
The Washington Post had previously written, “In the 1990s, Romney began cultivating influential people who might become key supporters of a political campaign. Two months after his failed 1994 campaign for the Senate seat held by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts...
Romney recounts an interaction he and former president Donald Trump shared at a New England Patriots game. The two were guests of the owner Robert Kraft.
Coppins writes, “Trump sidled up to Romney’s son Josh and pointed at a leggy brunette across the room. ‘Have you seen my girlfriend, Melania?’ he asked, smirking. ‘When I drop her, the phone is gonna ring off the hook. Every guy in New York wants to go out with her.’”
Romney and Trump have a social history since the mid-1990s.
The Washington Post had previously written, “In the 1990s, Romney began cultivating influential people who might become key supporters of a political campaign. Two months after his failed 1994 campaign for the Senate seat held by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts...
- 10/20/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
In a new biography of Sen. Mitt Romney, Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins, the Atlantic staff writer claims that Donald Trump once boasted about his plans to “drop” then-girlfriend Melania during a New England Patriots game at which both Romney and Trump were guests of team owner Robert Kraft.
“Trump sidled up to Romney’s son Josh and pointed at a leggy brunette across the room. ‘Have you seen my girlfriend, Melania?’ he asked, smirking. ‘When I drop her, the phone is gonna ring off the hook. Every guy...
“Trump sidled up to Romney’s son Josh and pointed at a leggy brunette across the room. ‘Have you seen my girlfriend, Melania?’ he asked, smirking. ‘When I drop her, the phone is gonna ring off the hook. Every guy...
- 10/18/2023
- by Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Oprah Winfrey has disputed the claim made by Sen. Mitt Romney in an upcoming biography that she floated the idea of a joint presidential ticket in order “to save the country” from a Trump reelection.
A spokesperson for Winfrey said that she was never considering a run for the White House in 2020. “In November 2019, Ms. Winfrey called Senator Romney to encourage him to run on an Independent ticket,” a spokesperson for Winfrey stated. “She was not calling to be part of the ticket and was never considering running herself.”
In...
A spokesperson for Winfrey said that she was never considering a run for the White House in 2020. “In November 2019, Ms. Winfrey called Senator Romney to encourage him to run on an Independent ticket,” a spokesperson for Winfrey stated. “She was not calling to be part of the ticket and was never considering running herself.”
In...
- 10/17/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Oprah Winfrey Disputes Mitt Romney’s Claim That She Asked to Join Him on a Unity Presidential Ticket
Oprah Winfrey is pushing back on a claim made by Sen. Mitt Romney in a new biography.
A spokesperson for Winfrey tells The Hollywood Reporter that, despite a claim in a new book, Winfrey was never considering a run for president in 2020 and did not ask Romney to join her on a ticket.
“In November 2019, Ms. Winfrey called Senator Romney to encourage him to run on an Independent ticket,” the spokesperson says. “She was not calling to be part of the ticket and was never considering running herself.”
In the upcoming book Romney: A Reckoning, by veteran political journalist McKay Coppins, Utah Republican Romney recalls receiving a call from the media mogul, who is a Democrat, claiming that they should form a unity ticket “to save the country.”
Axios first reported on the excerpt from the book Monday.
Winfrey is no stranger to politics, of course. She is a close...
A spokesperson for Winfrey tells The Hollywood Reporter that, despite a claim in a new book, Winfrey was never considering a run for president in 2020 and did not ask Romney to join her on a ticket.
“In November 2019, Ms. Winfrey called Senator Romney to encourage him to run on an Independent ticket,” the spokesperson says. “She was not calling to be part of the ticket and was never considering running herself.”
In the upcoming book Romney: A Reckoning, by veteran political journalist McKay Coppins, Utah Republican Romney recalls receiving a call from the media mogul, who is a Democrat, claiming that they should form a unity ticket “to save the country.”
Axios first reported on the excerpt from the book Monday.
Winfrey is no stranger to politics, of course. She is a close...
- 10/17/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mitt Romney Says He Rejected Oprah Winfrey’s Idea To Run For Presidency Together In A ‘Unity Ticket’
Oprah Winfrey reportedly pitched the idea of running with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) for president before the 2020 election.
In Romney’s upcoming biography, Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins, he recalls how Winfrey approached him with her idea of a unity ticket, telling him that they could “save the country” together.
It’s unclear who would have been the presidential candidate and who would have taken the number two slot.
Romney declined Winfrey’s offer because he thought their campaign would help Donald Trump win another term in office rather than hinder him.
Winfrey was “never serious” about her offer to Romney, although her close friends do believe she should run for president.
In 2018, Winfrey declared that she would not run for president during a 60 Minutes interview.
“I had a lot of wealthy men calling, telling me that they would run my campaign and raise $1 billion for me,” she stated.
In Romney’s upcoming biography, Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins, he recalls how Winfrey approached him with her idea of a unity ticket, telling him that they could “save the country” together.
It’s unclear who would have been the presidential candidate and who would have taken the number two slot.
Romney declined Winfrey’s offer because he thought their campaign would help Donald Trump win another term in office rather than hinder him.
Winfrey was “never serious” about her offer to Romney, although her close friends do believe she should run for president.
In 2018, Winfrey declared that she would not run for president during a 60 Minutes interview.
“I had a lot of wealthy men calling, telling me that they would run my campaign and raise $1 billion for me,” she stated.
- 10/16/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Seth Meyers does not see any kind of future in which twice-impeached former president Donald Trump changes his ways. In fact, if it were to happen, the “Late Night” host says it’ll be a sign that Trump needs to be moved to a retirement home.
During Wednesday night’s “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers marveled at how reports indicate that a large portion of the Republican party want to move on from Trump, but no one is actually taking concrete steps to make that happen. During an appearance on CNN, The Atlantic writer McKay Coppins noted that some were hoping that Trump might just bow out of the 2024 race voluntarily.
And Meyers couldn’t help but laugh at the idea that the former president, who is under multiple investigations for everything from his business practices to his 2020 election lies, might see the error of his ways.
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During Wednesday night’s “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers marveled at how reports indicate that a large portion of the Republican party want to move on from Trump, but no one is actually taking concrete steps to make that happen. During an appearance on CNN, The Atlantic writer McKay Coppins noted that some were hoping that Trump might just bow out of the 2024 race voluntarily.
And Meyers couldn’t help but laugh at the idea that the former president, who is under multiple investigations for everything from his business practices to his 2020 election lies, might see the error of his ways.
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- 2/2/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
“Unprecedented” is a good title for a documentary series about the last six weeks of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, notably the events of January 6. You could say, and you’d be right, that nothing in the Trump presidency had much precedent, from his bombs-away talk-radio-host-in-chief habit of saying whatever the hell was on his mind to his penchant for achieving policy through chaos. But with the 2020 campaign and election, Trump topped even his own sociopathic shoot-from-the-lip self. His claim that the election had been stolen by Joe Biden effectively set the stage for the next level of alternate reality in American politics, one that we might call “Goodbye democracy, hello QAnon!”
I only wish I could say that the 149 minutes of “Unprecedented” (which dropped Sunday on Discovery+) were more unprecedented. It’s a show for anyone who feels like they haven’t spent enough time in their life watching...
I only wish I could say that the 149 minutes of “Unprecedented” (which dropped Sunday on Discovery+) were more unprecedented. It’s a show for anyone who feels like they haven’t spent enough time in their life watching...
- 7/10/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
When Donald Trump is asked about the January 6th attack on the Capitol in Alex Holder’s Discovery+ docuseries Unprecedented, he both downplays the insurrection and affirms the mob’s madness.
“Well, it was a sad day, but it was a day with great anger in our country,” Trump says, a couple months after the attack.
In their interviews, Trump’s children decline to comment on that day.
So too, does Vice President Mike Pence, albeit he has one of the most candid moments of the docuseries. About to sit for an interview six days after the siege, Pence is shown an email with the Democrats’ resolution that he invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. “Yeah, excellent,” Pence says to an aide. “Tell Zach to print me off a hard copy for the trip home.” But Pence doesn’t elaborate, and instead goes into robotic talking points.
“Well, it was a sad day, but it was a day with great anger in our country,” Trump says, a couple months after the attack.
In their interviews, Trump’s children decline to comment on that day.
So too, does Vice President Mike Pence, albeit he has one of the most candid moments of the docuseries. About to sit for an interview six days after the siege, Pence is shown an email with the Democrats’ resolution that he invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. “Yeah, excellent,” Pence says to an aide. “Tell Zach to print me off a hard copy for the trip home.” But Pence doesn’t elaborate, and instead goes into robotic talking points.
- 7/10/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week President Trump went back to an often-used excuse he deploys when facing backlash for saying dumb things: sarcasm. But Trump historically has run into problems while attempting to bail himself out of trouble with the word, thanks to his inconsistency in using it correctly and how obvious and transparent it is that he’s lying.
On Sunday, Trump lashed out at the media on Twitter, incorrectly writing that journalists who reported on the Russia investigation should be stripped of their “Noble Prizes.” Twitter did what Twitter does and...
On Sunday, Trump lashed out at the media on Twitter, incorrectly writing that journalists who reported on the Russia investigation should be stripped of their “Noble Prizes.” Twitter did what Twitter does and...
- 4/28/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Hagiography usually waits until someone has died, but Mitt Romney is still very much alive. In the Senate’s final vote to acquit Donald Trump of all charges, Romney became the first Senator to vote to convict and remove from office a president of their own party, with the Utah Republican citing his personal faith and the magnitude of the president’s wrongdoing in his decision.
The act was courageous, and will surely have ramifications upon Romney’s standing with the current Trump-loyal Gop. But the wave of effusive praise...
The act was courageous, and will surely have ramifications upon Romney’s standing with the current Trump-loyal Gop. But the wave of effusive praise...
- 2/5/2020
- by Jack Crosbie
- Rollingstone.com
One of the ways politicians can shape media narratives in their favor is to feed anonymous quotes to reporters. Another, as we learned on Sunday, is to correct them on Twitter from a secret account with a debonair French alias. As was revealed by Slate’s Ashley Feinberg, Mitt Romney has been doing so under the name Pierre Delecto. Or at least he was before Feinberg outed him. Sadly, the account is now locked. RIPierre.
Slate’s story outing Romney as Delecto came hours after The Atlantic published a profile...
Slate’s story outing Romney as Delecto came hours after The Atlantic published a profile...
- 10/21/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Erick Erickson, one of the original leaders of the #NeverTrump movement, officially threw his weight behind Donald Trump in the 2020 election, formally endorsing him in a column for his website The Resurgent on Monday.
“Some of my concerns about President Trump remain. I still struggle on the character issue and I understand Christian friends who would rather sit it out than get involved,” Erickson wrote. “But I also recognize that we cannot have the Trump Administration policies without President Trump and there is much to like.”
“In 2016, we knew who the Democrats were and were not sure of who Donald Trump was. Now we know both and I prefer this President to the alternative,” he added.
The endorsement is notable given that Erickson was one of Donald Trump’s most steadfast opponents during the 2015-2016 Gop primary and is credited with creating the #NeverTrump hashtag back in 2016.
In 2015, while serving...
“Some of my concerns about President Trump remain. I still struggle on the character issue and I understand Christian friends who would rather sit it out than get involved,” Erickson wrote. “But I also recognize that we cannot have the Trump Administration policies without President Trump and there is much to like.”
“In 2016, we knew who the Democrats were and were not sure of who Donald Trump was. Now we know both and I prefer this President to the alternative,” he added.
The endorsement is notable given that Erickson was one of Donald Trump’s most steadfast opponents during the 2015-2016 Gop primary and is credited with creating the #NeverTrump hashtag back in 2016.
In 2015, while serving...
- 2/11/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
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