(Erin Schaff | The New York Times) Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31, 2019. The junior senator and former governor of Massachusetts who ran twice for president has been a persistent critic of President Donald Trump's conduct, and therefore perhaps the highest-profile specimen of “human scum” — a designation that seems not to trouble him at all.
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