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Monday 19 February 2018

Romney, favored in Senate bid, could take on outsized role

cessful businessman, gov- Shelby, 83, has had his
ernor of heavily Democrat- differences with Trump.
ic Massachusetts, Olympics He publicly opposed a
rescuer and, more recent- GOP nominee backed by
ly, one of his party's fiercest Trump in Alabama's closely
critics of President Donald watched Senate race last
Trump. year, declaring before the
Arizona Sen. John McCain, election that "the state of
who often has taken on Alabama deserves better"
Trump, was quick to wel- than Roy Moore, a former
come Romney, his rival in judge accused of sexual
the 2008 White House race. contact with teenage girls
In a tweet Friday shortly af- decades ago.
ter Romney announced his Romney has the stature
Senate bid, McCain said to make similar declara-
Romney "has shown the tions when — or if — they
country what it means to are needed, Shelby said.
lead with honor, integrity “I know the governor and
and civility. The people of I think he would support
#Utah and the nation need good ideas,” Shelby said.
his strong voice, resolve Romney, a heavy favorite
and service now more than to win the Senate seat, will
ever." step in “immediately” as a
Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney leaves after speaking at the Utah County Republican Party Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., leader in the Senate, said
Lincoln Day Dinner at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018.
(Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP) said Romney would bring Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who
the prestige of his previous got to know Romney when
By MATTHEW DALY litical and moral counter- Friday he is running for the roles to the Senate. both served as governors
Associated Press weight to a president many Utah Senate seat being va- "I think he will be a plus-plus and when he co-chaired
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt in the GOP see as divisive cated by GOP Sen. Orrin in the Senate," Shelby said, Romney’s presidential
Romney's extensive resume and undignified. Hatch. calling Romney "a thought- campaigns in Idaho.
has many Republicans First he has to get elected. Romney, 70, is among the ful man" and a leader who “He has broad experience,
looking to him to take on a The 2012 GOP nominee best-known names in U.S. at 70 is senior enough to be he has the prestige. He’ll
role in the Senate as a po- for president announced politics. He has been a suc- an elder statesman. jump right in,” Risch said.q

Trump fumes about Russia investigation as nation mourns

Continued from Front and teachers this week, mand change in Congress deeply frustrated that the ment, Trump has since
but offered no details on that we're going to see real media are still suggesting griped that Rosenstein did
President Trump was last who would attend or what action to confront gun vio- that his campaign may not go far enough in de-
seen publicly Friday night would be discussed. lence out of this Congress," have colluded with Russian claring that he was cleared
when he visited the Florida On Monday, 17 Washington said Sen. Chris Coons, D- officials, according to a of wrongdoing, and grew
community reeling from a students plan a "lie-in" by Del., on CBS' "Face the Na- person who has spoken to angry when his national se-
school shooting that left 17 the White House to advo- tion." the president in the last 24 curity adviser, H.R. McMas-
dead and gave rise to a cate for tougher gun laws. Throughout the weekend, hours but is not authorized ter, gave credence to the
student-led push for more Students who survived the the president's mind re- to publicly discuss private notion that Russia's med-
gun control. White House shooting at Marjory Stone- mained on Russia after an conversations. dling affected the election,
aides advised the president man Douglas High School indictment from special He has fumed to associ- the person said.
against golfing so soon af- in Parkland are planning a counsel Robert Mueller on ates at Mar-a-Lago that Trump's frustration bubbled
ter the tragedy, so Trump march on Washington next Friday charged 13 Russians the media "won't let it go" over on Twitter, where he
spent much of the holiday month to pressure politi- with a plot to interfere in and will do everything to stressed that the Russian
weekend watching cable cians to take action on gun the U.S. presidential elec- delegitimize his presidency. effort began before he
television news and grous- violence. tion. He made those complaints declared his candidacy,
ing to club members and Some lawmakers said it Trump viewed Deputy At- to members who stopped asserted that the Obama
advisers. would take a powerful torney General Rod Rosen- by his table Saturday as administration bears some
Amid a growing call for movement to motivate stein's declaration that the he dined with his two adult blame for the election
action on guns, the White Congress. indictment doesn't show sons and TV personality meddling and insisted he
House said Sunday the "I am not optimistic that that any American know- Geraldo Rivera. never denied that the
president will host a "listen- until there is real action by ingly participated as proof Initially pleased with the Kremlin interfered in the
ing session" with students the American public to de- of his innocence and is Justice Department's state- 2016 U.S. campaign.q