Mittens Gets Ratioed - Updated

The chants at last night’s rally were offensive, and I’m glad the President has disavowed them.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) July 18, 2019

For a brief moment I thought this was a parody of Mitt's wooden, sometimes clueless style, but it's his verified Twitter account.

To be clear, my issue with this tweet is that I don't for a moment believe that Donald was sincere in his disavowal of the chants, and I'd be willing to bet that deep in his heart Mitt doesn't believe it either. Why is he pretending he does? Is he that desperate to curry favor with Donald and his racist supporters? 

Updated on Friday morning. Laurence Tribe has similar thoughts:

Pathetic. It was as fake a disavowel as I’ve ever heard. And it was part of Trump’s lie about how he responded to the chants in the first place. @MittRomney is just another tool. Such a disappointment. https://t.co/moBNpQi16l

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 19, 2019

Update #2. Stuart Stevens was the Romney campaign's top strategist during Mitt's 2012 run for president. 

There is not a shadow of a doubt in my mind his staff started it. you can hear it start with a bunch of loud young guys. and then the crowd at large started in. it was like the "applause" at his CIA Memorial wall speech.

— shippy (@Icky_Mettle) July 18, 2019