--- 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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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":"https://time.com/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"}}]}] ```