Elections

Trump: Romney one of ‘dumbest and worst’ candidates in history

AP

An old witticism suggests you shouldn’t pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel, and a variation of that advice might be useful for those who would prod Donald Trump on Twitter.

A day after former GOP nominee Mitt Romney chided Trump for not releasing tax information, Trump unleashed a Twitter barrage, calling Romney “one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics.”

“I love Twitter,” Trump tweeted in 2012. “It’s like owning your own newspaper -- without the losses.”

Romney had this to say in response to Trump’s Twitter tirade:

This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 3:30 PM with the headline "Trump: Romney one of ‘dumbest and worst’ candidates in history."

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