Mitt Romney condemns ‘demagogue’ Trump as he announces retirement

Utah senator, 76, who lost 2012 election to Obama, to step down next year, depriving Republican party of key critic of Trumpism

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, a former presidential nominee and a rare relative moderate in the Republican party of Donald Trump, has said he will not run for a second term next year, depriving the party of one of its fiercest critics in Congress of the former US president and his political movement.

It's pretty clear that the party is inclined to a populist demagogue message," he said in an interview with the Washington Post in which he announced his retirement.