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Martin Pengelly in New York

Romney won’t criticise niece for calling Trump lies and Capitol riot ‘legitimate political discourse’

Mitt Romney is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the Senate chamber for votes.
Mitt Romney is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the Senate chamber for votes. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Mitt Romney and his niece, Ronna McDaniel, exchanged texts after the Republican National Committee she chairs called Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his election defeat and the Capitol riot “legitimate political discourse”.

Romney, the Utah senator, 2012 presidential nominee and only Republican to twice vote to convict Trump at his impeachment trials, told reporters on Monday he “expressed his point of view”.

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