Gushing Romney Accepts Trump Endorsement

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In some ways Mitt Romney’s emergence as Twitter elder snarksman of the Republican party is stranger than Donald Trump’s emergence as frontrunner. His speech today is obviously meant to be a weightier affair, a graver denunciation of Trump and Trumpism. But here’s video from 2012 where a gushing Mitt accepted Trump’s endorsement and praised him to the stars.

Yes, I know, politician’s are hypocrites. Big surprise. But still. Watch the video – after the jump. I suspect we’ll be seeing a lot of it.

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