Subject: Twoundup: Romney’s lame speech went over like a lead balloon
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To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 18:57:28 +0000

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The GOP is a fractured mess, and its establishment is throwing together a last-ditch effort to try and stop their frontrunner, Donald Trump, from securing the Republican nomination. Today we saw failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who called 47 percent of Americans freeloaders, called for self-deportation, and said that African-Americans voted for President Obama because they wanted “free stuff,” attempt to tear down Trump.

But there’s no reason to believe Romney’s attacks will have any effect on Trump’s runaway candidacy. So-called establishment Republicans need to face facts: regardless of whether or not they want to admit it, it’s their own divisive rhetoric and obstructionist tactics that have fueled Trump’s rise.

@NickBaumann<https://twitter.com/NickBaumann/status/705435513122066432>: I'd give that @MittRomney<https://twitter.com/MittRomney> speech a 47% chance of working.

@mikememoli<https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/705436175004213248>: Tuned in late. Did Romney disavow the 2012 Trump endorsement?

@TimAlberta<https://twitter.com/TimAlberta/status/705438328036921344>: ...again, might have been more effective BEFORE THE GUY WON 10 STATES https://twitter.com/buzzfeednews/status/705436589594378240

@nickconfessore<https://twitter.com/nickconfessore/status/705437104738803712>: But one thing missing: Romney didn't (couldn't?) account for why he accepted Trump's endorsement in '12.

@JohnJHarwood<https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/705444229435277314>: whether or not Romney helps stop Trump, his speech today points toward steadily-rising prospect of complete Republican Party fracture

@carlquintanilla<https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/705435690675408896>: This speech is “the product of a sense of desperation and panic...The Republican franchise going all out.”- @JohnJHarwood, on #MittRomney

@DavidCornDC<https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/705445510996488192>: Romney Trashes Trump--Neglects to Mention He Warmly Accepted His Endorsement in 2012. http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03/mitt-romney-donald-trump-speech …<https://t.co/WbYjP2wnh2>

@RalstonReports<https://twitter.com/RalstonReports/status/705433499491151872>:Mitt showing Marco what a real Republican robot looks like.

@maggieNYT<https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/705450359628697600>: Romney speech is fodder for both GOP ads now and Clinton ads in fall against nominee Trump

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