President Trump fired back at incoming senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Wednesday, urging him to be a “TEAM player” hours after the publication of a scathing op-ed in which Romney said Trump has not risen to the job. “I hope not.”Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! https://t.co/ArhI7Bi7bo — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) January 2, 2019Until last year, McDaniel had billed herself professionally as Ronna Romney McDaniel. Despite Romney’s harsh criticism of Trump during the 2016 election cycle, Trump considered Romney for secretary of state but passed him over for Rex Tillerson. [Trump endorses Romney for U.S. Senate seat from Utah]Trump allies had already taken aim at Romney before the president’s tweets on Wednesday morning.

Source: Washington Post January 02, 2019 13:21 UTC