After tracking Republican responses to President Donald Trump’s racist tweets over the last couple of days, we can say this: Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, offered one of the strongest condemnations of anyone in his party.
But that's mostly a function of the tepidness of the party's broader response. And it's hardly the standard Romney has set for himself.
Romney offered a couple responses Monday to Trump's tweets urging nonwhite congresswomen to "go back" to their countries, both impromptu and in a prepared statement. He said Trump's sentiment was "destructive, was demeaning, was disunifying and frankly was very wrong.