Mitt Romney: A household name hopes to serve Utah, a country

SALT LAKE CITY – It's not easy to find new pages in Mitt Romney's not-so-secret life during his two decades in the open, including two failed presidential series, several books and a documentary film.

A campaign staff member said that people did not know that the former Massachusetts governor was funny – in the way of a father joke.

His straight hair begs to differ. The public figure of Romney does not breathe the joke.

But his friend Kirk Jowers says that Romney can be funny because he's "so knowledgeable about current events and so smart that he can really say hilarious things that are topical and that are absolutely right."

Jowers, a long-time supporter of Romney, said all those who participated in his presidential campaign regretted that his party never really went out or was sufficiently covered for people to see it.

Romney did nothing during his campaign in the US Senate to change that. He faces Jenny Wilson, a member of the Democratic Council of the Salt Lake County Council, to replace outgoing GOP Senator Orrin Hatch. Constitutional candidate Tim Aalders, libertarian Craig R. Bowden and independent American Reed C. McCandless are also registered.

When asked to reveal something about himself that people may not know, Romney is not going to his sense of seemingly hidden humor. He stated that he was major in English at the university and acknowledged that this was part of the public archives. As a result, he likes to read and write.

At the moment, he is reading a detective novel from the C.J series, entitled "Sleep candy". He is also in biographies. Currently, it's a book about John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

Romney says that Adams did a "very unusual" thing in the fact that after serving his term as president, he was elected to the American House of Massachusetts "and that he accomplished more as a member of Congress only as president ".

This is not quite Romney's story. He did not win the White House in 2012 and now wants to be a senator. He said that he had not lingered on the defeat and that he had not sought to know where he could have collected some extra votes. He moved on to something else and decided that he did not want to sit down, although at age 71 he would have been able to.

"I would have been president, I have not won this election, but I will fight for things that matter to me and I think I can make a difference for Utah and the United States." country, "said Romney.

Ann Romney, his wife for 49 years, is behind him, even nudging him. She convinced him to take the reins of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

"I always push Mitt into everything." It's like "the poor guy," "she said during an election campaign earlier this year.

His influence played in the decision to run for the Senate.

"You just know what's right, I know it's going to be good, it's going to be good for Utah, it's going to be good for us," Ann Romney said.

A documentary titled "Mitt", which debuted at Sundance in 2014, chronicles Romney's presidential candidacy for 2008 and 2012, giving a glimpse into his life and that of his family during the election campaign. Romney first resisted the idea of ​​having cameras, but his wife loved it.

Romney watched the movie twice. He said that he had loved the first time because he loved seeing his family on the screen. He did not like the second time because of "arrival. I already knew what was there."

Romney, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said his parents, George and Lenore Romney, his faith and his religious, political and economic leaders, had shaped his political philosophy. George Romney led American Motors and was governor of Michigan. He went to the presidency in 1968.

Basically, he said, it is that people are sons and daughters of God and that freedom is given by God.

"An effort is under way in the world to suppress these freedoms and to substitute a government for freedom, not so much in our country but in others," he said, citing Russia and China, as well as "inflexible" jihadists to replace freedom with authoritarianism.

Romney, who graduated from BYU and moved to Holladay after the 2012 elections, said his cultural and literal roots were in Utah. He is a descendant of Parley P. Pratt, one of the first leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the first pioneers to have reached the Salt Lake Valley. .

If he won the elections, he would continue to live in Utah when the Senate would not sit, but the Romney clan, consisting of 36 members, including five step-sons and daughters-in-law and 24 grandchildren , would continue to spend more money. August week at Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

Although he has been campaigning since February, including in a primary election, some voters are still questioning Romney's stance alongside President Donald Trump.

During a recent election campaign in Orem, a woman asked, "I wonder when you will go to Congress … are you going to be an ever misleading in Congress and be an obstructionist on Trump's agenda? ? "

"No," Romney answered flatly before reciting his usual response that he would support Trump when his policy would be good for Utah and the country.

"If we expected you to do what the president wants, you would not want to elect a senator, you would say that we are going to let the president do what he wants." But the president must listen to the others and hear their concerns, "he said

Jowers said the Republican party never needs a voice as important as it is now.

"President Trump has almost everything for him the Republican scene and will continue to be the dominant voice.But Mitt Romney is the only person with national profile, media and even international interest who could both amplify the president Trump but also could be an essential counterpoint, "he said.

When a reporter suggested that Romney might look like the late Sen. John McCain, Romney did not, stating that no one could replace the Republican of Arizona.

"I think I can express my opinion from time to time, I do not think I can do what John McCain did," Romney said after a debate last week. "I will do my best for the people of our state."

Where he is

Immigration

Strengthening border security, electronic verification for employers and the legal status of DACA "dreamers" as well as "putting themselves in line" if they wish to obtain citizenship.

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

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Programs for people over 50 and older must be preserved, but consider raising the retirement age of one or two years for the youngest.

Health care

Republicans and Democrats must unite to ensure that all Americans have access to health care and good health insurance and that nothing can be banned.

national security

China and Russia are the biggest threat in the long run. Need to maintain a strong defense to keep the United States in the lead.

The rates

S & P opposed high tariffs in the long run, but they can be used as a bargaining tool to achieve more equitable deals.