Sen. Mitt Romney on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s tweets about the 2001 death of Joe Scarborough’s staffer as “vile, baseless accusations."
The social media post from the Utah senator, perhaps the president's most outspoken Republican critic, came one day after a letter to the head of Twitter from the widower of the Scarborough staffer drew widespread attention.
“I know Joe Scarborough. Joe is a friend of mine,” Romney posted on Twitter. “I don’t know T.J. Klausutis. Joe can weather vile, baseless accusations but T.J.? His heart is breaking. Enough already.”
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming — the No. 3 House Republican — also weighed in with criticism on Wednesday, telling reporters on the Hill that Trump "should stop tweeting" about Scarborough.
“We’re in the middle of a pandemic," Cheney said. "He’s the commander in chief of this nation, and it’s causing great pain to the family of the young woman who died. So I would urge him to stop it.”...(Read more)
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