Washington • Not since they strapped Seamus in his dog crate to the roof of the family car has a member of the Romney household been this distressed.
Mitt Romney has watched with varying degrees of displeasure as President Trump turned the Republican Party into the antithesis of the one he led in 2012 as its presidential nominee: alienating allies, degrading immigrants and splitting the nation with hatred. Now, Trump threatens to use an "emergency" declaration to circumvent Congress and start a trade war with Mexico.
And so Romney, now a senator from Utah, finally swung into action: He went to the Senate floor on Tuesday and … delivered a politely worded speech.