Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Friday he will vote for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the upcoming caucuses in his home state of Utah, intensifying his attack against front-runner Donald Trump.
"There is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism," Romney wrote on his official Facebook page. "Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these."
The increasingly likely possibility of a Donald Trump presidential nomination is prompting longtime Republican critics of rival Ted Cruz to back the Texas Senator, as evidenced by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's recent endorsement.
Graham, himself a former candidate in the GOP race, on Thursday said the nomination of Trump, a real estate tycoon and reality television star, "would be a disaster for the party."
