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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]], [[RINO]]<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> American politician. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]]<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref>, a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.<br>See also:

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (alias '''Pierre Delecto''') (born March 12, 1947) is an [[establishment]], [[globalist]],<ref name="CFRneocon"/><ref>[[Doug Bandow]], (January 10, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mitt-romney-commander-of-the-fake-internationalists/ Mitt Romney, Commander of the Fake Internationalists]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> [[neocon]], [[RINO]]<ref>Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27862-sen-hatch-s-retirement-paves-way-for-romney-one-rino-replacing-another Sen. Hatch’s Retirement Paves Way for Romney: One RINO Replacing Another]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref> American politician. He is an [[anti-Christian]] [[bigot]],<ref name="ReligiousBigot"/><ref>Wood, Benjamin (May 29, 2018). [https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/30/watch-live-mitt-romney-debates-mike-kennedy-in-republican-primary-for-orrin-hatchs-senate-seat/ Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy]. ''The Salt Lake Tribune''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.</ref> a member of [[Conservative Inc.]], and a pathological '''[[liar]]'''.<ref>Weaver, Al (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mitt-romney-faces-down-2012-era-attacks-during-2018-utah-senate-debate Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 28, 2018.<br>See also:

*[https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1182346147169480704 Philip Klein]. ''Twitter''. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref> He is a U.S. Senator of [[Utah]], former governor of [[Massachusetts]], a U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential Election]], losing to the incumbent president, [[Barack Obama]]. Romney has been observed to not hold any values, instead being an opportunist, who takes whatever political position suits him best at the moment.<ref name="WhatIf">Antle III, W. James (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-if-likely-utah-senate-candidate-mitt-romney-had-never-run-in-massachusetts/article/2644787 What if likely Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney had never run in Massachusetts?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="OffTheRails"/><ref>Klein, Philip (January 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/reminder-mitt-romney-has-no-ideological-core-and-we-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-senator-he-would-be Reminder: Mitt Romney has no ideological core, and we have no idea what kind of senator he would be]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> He has voiced contradicting positions on topics as diverse as [[abortion]], [[Homosexual "rights"]], [[illegal immigration]], [[gun control]], and even support for [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="WhatIf"/><ref name="Pandey"/><ref name="RollingStone"/><ref name="Backstabbing">Pollak, Joel B. (January 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/timeline-mitt-romney-history-of-backstabbing-donald-trump/ Timeline: Mitt Romney’s History of Backstabbing Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref><ref name="RipsEmbracing">Kurtz, Howard (January 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/op-ed-assault-romney-rips-trump-despite-embracing-him-at-times Op-ed assault: Romney rips Trump despite embracing him at times]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/17/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-once-distanced-himself-ronald-reagan-n/</ref> Thus, with good reason, [[conservatives]] see Romney's core beliefs as similar to that of the [[globalist]] [[Democrat]]s he claims to oppose.<ref name="Eddlem2012">Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref name="Richman2012">Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> '''''In 2022, Romney even refused to endorse [[conservative]] fellow Sen. [[Mike Lee]] (R-UT) for reelection'''''.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/romney-betrays-mike-lee-gop-senate-gop-senators-outraged</ref> Facing a primary challenger likely to humiliate him, Romney announced in September 2023 that he would not seek reelection.

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Romney married [[Ann Romney|Ann Davies]] in 1969, with whom he had five children.

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Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref>. He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

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Romney infamously runs a secret [[Twitter]] account under the pseudonym "Pierre Delecto", which he uses in an effort to [[troll]] his political critics, as well as to provide a pathetic defense of his policies and reputation.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-mitt-romney-admits-pierre-delecto-twitter-account/story?id=66417732</ref> He was likely inspired to do so after seeing how effective President Trump's method of Twitter to gain media attention was; however, his sad, awkward attempts at being witty or snarky simply come off as out-of-touch and embarrassing.

Romney is the son of former [[Michigan]] governor and presidential candidate [[George Romney]], a "[[Rockefeller Republican]],"<ref>Lisa McGirr, ''Suburban Warriors''(2001) pp. 141, 222.</ref> who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s 1964 campaign.

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==As Governor==

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Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref>, but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

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Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration without increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5%,<ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php</ref> but the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm</ref> He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." <ref>Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06</ref> Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.americansformitt.com/</ref> Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."

Some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating the nation's first universal [[health care]] program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney supported [[abortion]], but later took more [[pro-life]] positions, such as vetoing emergency contraception, as well as [[stem-cell research]] that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States [[Senate]] to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate [[capital punishment]], but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99–53 vote.

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[[Image:Dude and mitt romney.jpg|right|180px]] As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for president a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."

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As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from ~~1963–1969~~. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

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As a presidential candidate, Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, [[George Romney]] was governor from 1963 to 1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the [[Nevada]] caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the [[South Carolina]] primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7 February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]]. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.

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