{"id":2301,"date":"2018-02-20T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/20\/romney-fully-embraces-trump\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:30:00","slug":"romney-fully-embraces-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/romney-fully-embraces-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney Fully Embraces Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In response to President Trump&rsquo;s endorsement of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race, DNC spokesperson Vedant Patel released the following statement: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Romney&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney\/status\/965782061503062016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fnidhiprakash%2Fmitt-romney-just-accepted-trumps-endorsement-after-saying\">embrace<\/a> of President Trump&rsquo;s endorsement should come as a surprise to nobody. From tax cuts for the rich to reversing the progress of the ACA, Romney has a long record of advocating for the very same policies that have defined the Trump agenda. Utah&rsquo;s families deserve a senator who will expand opportunities and fight to improve the lives of everyone, not another multi-millionaire looking out for himself, his rich neighbors and the special interests at the expense of working people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to President Trump&rsquo;s endorsement of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race, DNC spokesperson Vedant Patel released the following statement: &nbsp; &ldquo;Governor Romney&rsquo;s embrace of President Trump&rsquo;s endorsement should come as a surprise to nobody. From tax cuts for the rich to reversing the progress of the ACA, Romney has <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Romney Fully Embraces Trump - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/romney-fully-embraces-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-20T17:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/romney-fully-embraces-trump\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/romney-fully-embraces-trump\/\",\"name\":\"Romney Fully Embraces Trump - 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