Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, plans to skip this summer’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland where Donald Trump will be officially nominated — an unusual move that underscores the deep unease many Republican leaders have about the brash celebrity mogul as their standard bearer.
A Romney aide said in a statement to The Washington Post on Thursday morning, “Governor Romney has no plans to attend convention.”
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Romney’s announcement comes after the GOP’s two living former presidents — George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — announced Wednesday night through their spokesmen that they did not plan to endorse a candidate this year.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the party’s 2008 presidential nominee, also plans to skip the convention in Cleveland. McCain is facing a potentially difficult reelection campaign in Arizona, a border state with a large Latino population where Trump’s hard-line position on immigration may prove polarizing.
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Scoop: Romney will skip Trump's nominating convention in Cleveland, by @PhilipRucker https://t.co/F1vVPmqpQn
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