Romney and Cruz shared a goal in 2016: stop Trump from clinching the presidential nomination.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, left, at the Senate on May 11, 2022. At right, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at a homeland security hearing Feb. 23, 2021. WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney was so keen to keep Donald Trump from becoming president in 2016 that he thought about forming an anti-Trump ticket with Sen. Ted Cruz, even though he deemed the Texan “scary” and “a demagogue,” according to a new biography.
Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee for president, said Cruz was far too smart to have believed the 2020 election was stolenCruz was an ardent defender According to the biography, Romney began mulling the idea of a desperation unity ticket in the days between the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses and the Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary.Trump came roaring back in New Hampshire, nabbing 35%, ahead of Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 16% and Cruz at 12%.last national security adviser — approached him. He and former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent urged Romney to jump into the race, with Cruz as his running mate to unite anti-Trump Republicans.
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