--- title: Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump description: Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T16:50:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:36:11.029Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump og:description: What he said in Utah Thursday. og:url: https://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a971dd9098f4c/69888011cf40a8c01ec423ff/mitt-romney-speaks-about-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mitt Romney Campaigns For Michigan GOP Candidates og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump twitter:description: What he said in Utah Thursday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a971dd9098f4c/69888011cf40a8c01ec423ff/mitt-romney-speaks-about-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 3, 2016 4:50 PM CUT  Mitt Romney, delivers remarks during a "CoMITT to the Comeback" rally for Michigan republican candidates in Livonia, MI on Oct. 2, 2014. Mitt Romney, delivers remarks during a "CoMITT to the Comeback" rally for Michigan republican candidates in Livonia, MI on Oct. 2, 2014.Bill Pugliano—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 3, 2016 4:50 PM CUT Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday. In a speech at the University of Utah, Romney called Trump a “phony” and a “fraud” and argued that his policies would lead to a recession. Though he did not endorse a rival, Romney called for Republicans to vote for the candidate who can win their state. Here is the full text of his remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/"},"headline":"Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-03-03T16:50:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:36:11.029Z","description":"Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case against Donald Trump in Utah Thursday.","url":"https://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","mitt romney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a971dd9098f4c/69888011cf40a8c01ec423ff/mitt-romney-speaks-about-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a971dd9098f4c/69888011cf40a8c01ec423ff/mitt-romney-speaks-about-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mitt Romney Campaigns For Michigan GOP Candidates","caption":"Mitt Romney, delivers remarks during a \"CoMITT to the Comeback\" rally for Michigan republican candidates in Livonia, MI on Oct. 2, 2014.","creditText":"Bill Pugliano—Getty Images","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/","name":"Read Mitt Romney's Speech About Donald Trump"}}]}] ```