Romney to skip GOP convention

By Ariel Cohen

Published May 5, 2016 5:01pm ET

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Romney to skip GOP convention — Since the early days of Trump's candidacy, Romney has opposed Trump at every turn, and even delivered a speech in March aimed entirely at criticizing Trump and encouraging him to drop out of the race. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) | Richard Drew

Mitt Romney will not attend this summer’s Republican National Convention, during which Donald Trump will receive the party’s nomination. The move underscores the party’s deep divide and ruling out any final possibility that the 2012 Republican nominee will ride into the convention as a “white knight” candidate.

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