--- title: Mitt Romney's Grandson's Halloween Costume: Pierre Delecto description: Pierre Delecto, of course, was the name of Romney's fake Twitter account that Slate reporter Ashley Feinberg recently uncovered. canonical: https://time.com/5715892/romney-grandson-halloween-costume/ author: Abby Vesoulis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-01T00:27:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:00.865Z og:title: Mitt Romney's Grandson's Halloween Costume: Pierre Delecto og:description: Pierre Delecto was Mitt Romney's infamous alias Twitter account og:url: https://time.com/5715892/romney-grandson-halloween-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bb01c71b082fdcd/698a052fe76ad25633636b92/mitt-romney-grandson-pierre-delecto-scaled-2560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Mitt Romney's Grandson Wins Halloween og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mitt Romney's Grandson's Halloween Costume: Pierre Delecto twitter:description: Pierre Delecto was Mitt Romney's infamous alias Twitter account twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bb01c71b082fdcd/698a052fe76ad25633636b92/mitt-romney-grandson-pierre-delecto-scaled-2560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Yes, Mitt Romney's Grandson's Dressed as 'Pierre Delecto' For Halloween > Sponsored content. 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Mitt Romney’s grandson, Thomas, who dressed as Pierre Delecto. Romney’s eldest son, Tagg Romney, took to Twitter Thursday morning with pictures of his son Thomas’s version of the look. The costume included a tuxedo, beret, mustache, sunglasses and a name-tag that read “Pierre Delecto” directly underneath a crossed-out “Mitt Romney.” > [](https://twitter.com/tromney/status/1189893316994912257) Pierre Delecto was the name of the ‘private’ Twitter account Romney had, for years, been using for social media snooping and self-promotion, before it was recently uncovered by _Slate_ reporter [Ashley Feinberg](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/mitt-romney-has-a-secret-twitter-account-and-it-sure-looks-like-its-this-one.html). After the Utah Republican dropped hints about the account’s existence to the _Atlantic’s_ McKay Coppins, Feinberg was able to identify the alias by parsing through the accounts Delecto followed (specifically, Romney family members with only a small Twitter presence themselves), as well as how often the account said nice things about Romney. Sen. Romney confirmed the account was his soon after _Slate_‘s exposé. “C’est moi,” he [told](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/10/mitt-romney-middle-impeachment-fight/600373/) Coppins. He seemed to find the costume as funny as the rest of the Internet did. “Out of the will!” Romney tweeted about Thomas in jest. > [](https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1189979511200321542) As President Donald Trump is ensnared in a formal impeachment inquiry, and a record number of Democrats seek their party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election, there were plenty of costume alternatives for those outside of the Romney bloodline: a Sen. Kamala Harris campaign staffer [dressed as](https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1190025342934769666) her 2020 rival Sen. Cory Booker, [many donned whistles to represent](https://twitter.com/jefflash/status/1189893607181950976) the government employee who filed an anonymous complaint that jumpstarted Trump’s impeachment woes, and one Pete Buttigieg staffer [used](https://twitter.com/cmarinucci/status/1188272844985135104) a red peacoat and gavel to impersonate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. > [](https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1190025342934769666) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5715892/romney-grandson-halloween-costume/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5715892/romney-grandson-halloween-costume/"},"headline":"Yes, Mitt Romney's Grandson's Dressed as 'Pierre Delecto' For Halloween","datePublished":"2019-11-01T00:27:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:00.865Z","description":"Pierre Delecto, of course, was the name of Romney's fake Twitter account that Slate reporter Ashley Feinberg recently uncovered.","url":"https://time.com/5715892/romney-grandson-halloween-costume/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","twitter","halloween","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bb01c71b082fdcd/698a052fe76ad25633636b92/mitt-romney-grandson-pierre-delecto-scaled-2560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Vesoulis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bb01c71b082fdcd/698a052fe76ad25633636b92/mitt-romney-grandson-pierre-delecto-scaled-2560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mitt Romney's Grandson Wins Halloween","caption":"Mitt Romney's Grandson Wins Halloween","creditText":"Chip Somodevill—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5715892/romney-grandson-halloween-costume/","name":"Yes, Mitt Romney's Grandson's Dressed as 'Pierre Delecto' For Halloween"}}]}] ```