Defying advisers who warned against going to war with Trump, Romney started drafting a speech on the plane. ': Protesters v Donald Trump supportersBut Mitt Romney, the party’s last nominee for president, has refused to capitulate, speaking forcibly against the billionaire even as he marched to the Republican nomination. The Republican party battlefield is strewn with Donald Trump’s former competitors and critics, many of whom have risen only to rally to his side. Romney acknowledged that some Republicans believe his unrelenting disdain for Trump is only helping the likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Related: Marco Rubio: 'It’s not that we lost, it’s that Donald Trump won'“Friends warned me, ‘Don’t speak out, stay out of the fray,’ because criticizing Mr Trump will only help him by giving him someone else to attack,” Romney said.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2016 18:46 UTC