{"id":135624,"date":"2019-10-24T14:40:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/romney-on-secret-twitter-account-embarrassed-to-be-called-a-lurker\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:40:45","slug":"romney-on-secret-twitter-account-embarrassed-to-be-called-a-lurker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/romney-on-secret-twitter-account-embarrassed-to-be-called-a-lurker\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney on Secret Twitter Account: Embarrassed to Be Called a Lurker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) confirmed that he has a secret Twitter account, joking that it is \u201ca new low.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an interview on HBOs Axios, Romney was asked about his Twitter account.<\/p>\n

On the Axios program, Romney said he has three Twitter accounts, including two official ones, and an anonymous account.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have two official accounts\u2014one is a Senate account and the other is the Mitt Romney account and those accounts are not ones I look at regularly. I do follow them, but I have an anonymous account, which is the one that I look at two or three times a day,\u201d he told Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The interviewer then asked him whether he is \u201ca lurker\u201d on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that what theyre called? Im embarrassed to be called a lurker. Ive been called a lot of things, but being called a lurker is a new low,\u201d Romney said, while laughing.<\/p>\n

\nTouch\u00e9, S\u00e9nateur @MittRomney<\/a>. Japprouve! https:\/\/t.co\/wkHeXfwbL4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Kerry (@JohnKerry) October 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI have a secret Twitter account, yes,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

The release of the interview comes after Romney appeared to confirm to The Atlantic that he runs the \u201cPierre Delecto\u201d Twitter account.<\/p>\n

\u201cCest moi,\u201d he told The Atlantic<\/a> in French, which is translated to \u201cits me.\u201d Hours before that, \u201cI wont give you the name of it\u201d is what he told the magazine.<\/p>\n

According to reports, he used the Twitter account to anonymously defend himself against critics, including Fox News pundits and CNN anchors. The account has since been made private following the Atlantics report.<\/p>\n

<\/figcaption><\/a> Mitt Romney speaks to the media after meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump at Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York on Nov. 29, 2016. (BRYAN R. SMITH\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n

Former CNN reporter Soledad OBrien tweeted that Romney, who lived in France for several years while he was a Mormon missionary, has an \u201cutter lack of a moral compass\u201d after a story said Romney may not endorse PrRead More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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