Sen. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyJon Huntsman expected to run for governor in Utah Trump Jr's 'Triggered' debuts at No. 1 on NY Times bestseller list Club for Growth extends advertising against House Dems over impeachment MORE’s (R-Utah) confirmation that he used an anonymous Twitter account has drawn praise, criticism and laughs.
Some Republicans, including President Trump
Donald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE’s son Donald Trump Jr.
Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump Jr's 'Triggered' debuts at No. 1 on NY Times bestseller list GOP motions to subpoena whistleblower University of Florida student government president faces impeachment over Trump Jr. appearance 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 LevinFox News to move Mark Levin's Sunday show to 8 pm Trump: 'No reason to call witnesses' in impeachment probe Romney earns rants and raves for secret Twitter name 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 Forbes KerryThe Memo: Democrats confront prospect of long primary Democrats debate how to defeat Trump: fight or heal GOP senators press State Department for Hunter Biden, Burisma records 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 TapperRepublicans, Democrats brace for first public testimony in impeachment inquiry Johnson dismisses testimony from White House officials contradicting Trump as 'just their impression' Saagar Enjeti: Harris campaign 'is failing because she doesn't stand for anything' 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.
