Mitt Romney, ‘Pierre Delecto’ And The Strategy Of Anonymously Criticizing Trump

Mitt Romney, pictured riding on his campaign bus through Iowa during his 2012 presidential bid, has admitted to using a pseudonym on Twitter.

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The rap on Mitt Romney is that though he isn’t a fan of President Trump, when he speaks out, it’s in a fairly lukewarm way.

And then it was revealed over the weekend that he’s been behind an anonymous Twitter account under the nom de plume Pierre Delecto.

“C’est moi,” Romney confirmed, using the French for “it’s me” to reporter McKay Coppins, who had just published a Romney profile. (Romney is a French speaker from his days as a Mormon missionary, which might explain the “Pierre” first name. No word on the Delecto surname.)