Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he would not have a place in right this moment’s Republican Party, in an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell, to be broadcast on “CBS News Sunday Morning,” Sunday, October 22 and streamed on Paramount+.
In a wide-ranging interview with the previous Republican presidential nominee and his spouse, Ann, Romney explores his political profession, why he determined to depart the Senate, his future, and a brand new biography, “Romney: A Reckoning,” written by McKay Coppins and printed by Scribner (an imprint of CBS’ sister firm Simon & Schuster).
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Here are some excerpts:
NORAH O’DONNELL: “Privately, what do you hear from fellow Republicans within the Senate?”
MITT ROMNEY: “I do not suppose I’ve heard a single member of my caucus, the Republicans within the Senate, say, ‘You know, Donald Trump is nice. Aren’t we fortunate to have him as our chief?’ … Donald Trump represents a failure of character, which is altering, I feel, in lots of respects, the psyche of our nation and the center of our nation. And that is one thing which takes a very long time – if ever – to restore.”
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NORAH O’DONNELL: “You have been as soon as the occasion’s nominee, and now you are a pariah within the Republican Party.”
MITT ROMNEY: “Yeah, that is, that is saying it in a delicate method, yeah. I imply, yeah, no query. I do not actually have a home in my occasion … I come from a practice of, , Ronald Reagan, and George Herbert Walker Bush, and George W. Bush, and John McCain. … Those are the people who have formed our occasion: anti-Putin, anti-Russia, anti-authoritarians, anti-Kim Jong Un, very sturdy on international coverage, concerned on the planet as a result of it is in America’s curiosity, character counts, that the character of our leaders makes a distinction and it shapes the character of our nation. That’s the occasion I’ve come from. And I do not acknowledge that within the nice majority of our occasion right this moment. And that, for me, may be very troubling.”
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Also within the interview, Ann Romney addresses whether or not Oprah proposed a run with Romney on an unbiased ticket in 2019.
The ebook “Romney: A Reckoning” contains private particulars from the senator’s diaries. View a clip under of Mitt and Ann Romney discussing the usage of his personal journals:
THIS SUNDAY: A brand new biography of Republican Senator Mitt Romney’s profession describes his dedication to talk out in opposition to President Trump’s election falsehoods, simply as violent Trump supporters broke into the Capitol.
The ebook contains private particulars from his personal journals. pic.twitter.com/wMHlXgCh3O
— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) October 20, 2023
More of O’Donnell’s interview with Romney will probably be offered on “Person to Person with Norah O’Donnell,” Thursday, October 26 (9:30 p.m. ET) on the CBS News Streaming Network.
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READ AN EXCERPT: “Romney: A Reckoning” by McKay Coppins
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