Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Utah congressman who fell in Boston last weekend, said the fall brought him “a lot of stitches” and a bruised eye.
Romney said he was spending the weekend in Boston with his grandson when the accident occurred, and that he was injured and unconscious. He was then taken to the hospital and received stitches on his right eyebrow and lip.
“I fell down. Fell unconscious. But I’m feeling better now,” Romney told the media Monday night (March 1).
“I had a very tough weekend,” Romney joked, “and I went to CPAC – that was a problem.”
Over the weekend, Romney did not attend the Conservative Political Action (CPAC) conference in Orlando, Fla. The event brought together a large number of pro-Trump policy politicians in the Republican Party, and former President Trump released his first speech since leaving office on Feb. 28. Romney was one of only seven Republicans to vote for Trump in the Senate impeachment vote last month.
Before that, Romney had been a CPAC “favorite,” leading the party’s potential vote in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012, and was the Republican nominee for the 2012 U.S. presidential election, but lost to former President Barack Obama, who was seeking re-election.
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