It was the first day of the Republican convention in 2012 and I had nothing to write about, so I wrote a humor column mocking the Romney family for being perfect in every way.
A few years later, before he was a senator, Romney asked me to come out to Utah to give a talk to a group he was convening.
It’s a pain to write a speech and get on a plane, but I did it in penance for my sins.
We all struggle to be the best version of ourselves we can be, and Romney’s struggle is now taking him into retirement and out of the Senate.
On the way he gave us a gift, in the form of a series of conversations with The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins, who has written a book on him, excerpted in the magazine.
Persons:
Romney, Mitt Romney’s, I’d, Atlantic’s McKay Coppins, Donald Trump contemptuously
Organizations:
Republican, Republican Party
Locations:
Utah