Romney Promises To Speak Out Against Trump On Matters Of ‘Significance’

Sen.-elect Mitt Romney says President Trump “has not risen to the mantle of the office.”

Gene Sweeney Jr. / AP

Updated 4:59 p.m. ET

Picking a fight with the leader of his party the day before being sworn in, former GOP presidential candidate and incoming freshman Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, writes that President Trump “has not risen to the mantle of the office.”

In an op-ed in Wednesday’s Washington Post, Romney said, “Trump’s words and actions have caused dismay around the world.”