--- description: Mitt Romney has denounced Trump for his delay in condemning racism following the violence at white nationalists rallies in Charlottesville. title: Read Mitt Romney's Full Message About Charlottesville image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4628e23e14a888e9/6988af290b72e3e7036ebd2b/trump-romney1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Charlottesville](/tag/charlottesville/) ## Charlottesville Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Mitt Romney's Full Message on Donald Trump's Response to Charlottesville by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2017 4:30 PM CUT  President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney shake hands as Romney leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., on Nov. 19, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney shake hands as Romney leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., on Nov. 19, 2016.Carolyn Kaster—AP by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2017 4:30 PM CUT Former Republican presidential nominee [Mitt Romney](http://time.com/4906506/mitt-romney-president-trump-charlottesville/ "undefined") has denounced President Donald Trump for his delay in condemning racism following the violence at white nationalists rallies in [Charlottesville](http://time.com/4906331/heather-heyer-mother-susan-bro-donald-trump/ "undefined"), Virginia, over the weekend. In a passionate letter, which he [posted on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/mittromney/posts/10154652303536121 "undefined") Friday morning, the former Massachusetts governor said it was a “defining moment” for Trump’s presidency and urged the President to “act now for the good of the country.” Read Romney’s post in full below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4906768/read-mitt-romneys-trump-charlottesville/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4906768/read-mitt-romneys-trump-charlottesville/"},"headline":"Read Mitt Romney's Full Message on Donald Trump's Response to Charlottesville","datePublished":"2017-08-18T16:30:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T11:12:03.509Z","description":"Romney has urged the President to 'act now for the good of the country'","url":"https://time.com/4906768/read-mitt-romneys-trump-charlottesville/","keywords":["Charlottesville","mitt romney","onetime","president trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4628e23e14a888e9/6988af290b72e3e7036ebd2b/trump-romney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4628e23e14a888e9/6988af290b72e3e7036ebd2b/trump-romney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mitt Romney,Donald Trump","caption":"President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney shake hands as Romney leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)","creditText":"Carolyn Kaster—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/charlottesville/","name":"Charlottesville"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4906768/read-mitt-romneys-trump-charlottesville/","name":"Read Mitt Romney's Full Message on Donald Trump's Response to Charlottesville"}}]}] ```