Romney earns rants and raves for secret Twitter name

Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) confirmation that he used an anonymous Twitter account has drawn praise, criticism and laughs.

{mosads}Some Republicans, including President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., 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.

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

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 21, 2019

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 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, 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 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.