BOOK: Oprah Pitched White House Run With Romney

Axios reports:

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) tells the author of a forthcoming book that Oprah Winfrey suggested he join her on a unity presidential ticket in 2020 to stop President Trump’s reelection. It’s the latest revelation in “Romney: A Reckoning” by McKay Coppins, out a week from Tuesday.

Coppins writes that Romney told him Winfrey, a Democrat, made a pitch to run together “to save the country,” according to a source familiar with the manuscript. Romney tells Coppins he dismissed the idea, believing that such a campaign would inadvertently help Trump.

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