Sen. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThe Memo: CPAC fires starting gun on 2024 Trump at CPAC foments 2022 GOP primary wars Democrats scramble to rescue minimum wage hike MORE’s (R-Utah) confirmation that he used an anonymous Twitter account has drawn praise, criticism and laughs.
Some Republicans, including President Trump
Donald TrumpNoem touts South Dakota coronavirus response, knocks lockdowns in CPAC speech On The Trail: Cuomo and Newsom — a story of two embattled governors McCarthy: 'I would bet my house' GOP takes back lower chamber in 2022 MORE’s son Donald Trump Jr.
Don TrumpTrump Jr.: There are 'plenty' of GOP incumbents who should be challenged Donald Trump Jr. attacks Cheney at CPAC: 'Lincoln Project Liz' Trump Jr. was deposed in inauguration funds probe MORE, jabbed Romney for anonymously critiquing the media under the Twitter pseudonym Pierre Delecto, which the Utah senator acknowledged owning on Sunday.
The anonymous account apparently tweeted in Romney's defense at journalists and detractors.
“They’re using him and he doesn’t even get it. Sad!” Trump Jr. tweeted.
If Mitt Romney had any guts the would would take on media directly rather than with a fake twitter account, but he doesn’t.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 21, 2019
He only says things that will ingratiate him to the same MSM that destroyed him during his failed run.
They’re using him and he doesn’t even get it. Sad! https://t.co/jJ40tafMHB
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) described the senator’s previously unknown Twitter account as “sad” too.
“Hiding behind a pseudonym is what kids, cowards, couch potatoes, or perverts like 'Carlos Danger' do,” Huckabee tweeted, referring to the pseudonym former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) used to send explicit photos.
How sad. A US Senator created a fake name for Twitter and became "Pierre Delcto." Hiding behind a pseudonym is what kids, cowards, couch potatoes, or perverts like "Carlos Danger" do. https://t.co/E9ti4dUSZ1
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 21, 2019
Radio host Mark Levin
Mark Reed LevinTrump to appear on conservative networks in wake of Limbaugh's death Rush Limbaugh dead at 70 Limbaugh falsely says Biden didn't win legitimately while reacting to inauguration MORE asked if Romney was 14 years old.
Is Romney 14 years old? He’s getting stranger by the day. https://t.co/h6VYhIpbh3
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) October 21, 2019
Others, though, had more positive reactions to Romney’s revelation, including former Secretary of State John Kerry
John KerryUN: Emission reduction plans 'fall far short' Climate change rears its ugly head, but Biden steps up to fight it Recapturing the spirit of Bretton Woods MORE, who responded in French that he approved.
Touché, Sénateur @MittRomney. J'approuve! https://t.co/wkHeXfwbL4
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) October 21, 2019
Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, took pride in the fact that Pierre Delecto follows him on Twitter.
Proud to say that Pierre Delecto follows me.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 21, 2019
Jon Favreau, a speechwriter for former President Obama, jumped in and said, “It gives me no pleasure to report that I will be laughing at Trump’s first Pierre Delecto tweet.”
It gives me no pleasure to report that I will be laughing at Trump’s first Pierre Delecto tweet.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 21, 2019
CNN host Jake Tapper
Jacob (Jake) Paul TapperEx-Trump press secretary criticized for stirring up QAnon on Twitter Maryland GOP governor says he would have voted to convict Trump Democratic senator defends decision not to call witnesses: 'They weren't going to get more Republican votes' MORE brought past pseudonyms of President Trump and Weiner into the conversation with the beginning of a bar joke.
Pierre Delecto, John Barron and Carlos Danger walk into a bar...
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 21, 2019
Slate’s Ashley Feinberg discovered the account after the senator mentioned in a Sunday profile in The Atlantic that he used a private Twitter account to keep tabs on politics in the social media sphere.
