On the same day Donald Trump said Mitt Romney “begged” to get the businessman’s endorsement in 2012, a former aide to the former Republican nominee claims that Trump had once given advice on how to earn the support of the “rightwing crazies.”
“I was with Mitt every time he saw @realDonaldTrump and guarantee Mitt never begged Trump,” Garrett Jackson, a former personal aide to Romney tweeted Monday.”
“Wish I would’ve recorded Trump kissing Mitt’s a–,” he added.
I was with Mitt every time he saw @realDonaldTrump and guarantee Mitt never begged Trump. Wish I would’ve recorded Trump kissing Mitt’s ass
— Garrett Jackson (@dgjackson) March 4, 2016
Just hours after Romney condemned Trump in a speech in which he called the media mogul a “con artist,” “fraud” and a “phony,” Trump returned fire by calling the former failed GOP nominee “irrelevant.” Trump also said Romney went out of his way to snag an endorsement from Trump.
“I could have said ‘Mitt drop to your knees,’ and he would have dropped to his knees,” Trump said.
In a second tweet, Jackson claimed that he recorded the interactions between Trump and then-GOP nominee Romney, and hinted that Trump should consider himself lucky if some things were left out.
“I recorded a lot @realDonaldTrump better hope I didn’t record him telling us to use birther argument bc ‘rightwing crazies will believe it,'” the tweet read.
I recorded a lot @realDonaldTrump better hope I didn’t record him telling us to use birther argument bc “rightwing crazies will believe it”
— Garrett Jackson (@dgjackson) March 4, 2016
Jackson was referring to a conspiracy theory surrounding President Obama’s U.S. citizenship, which became a hot topic during the 2012 presidential election season. Trump was one the leading voices of skepticism at the time, even offering to give $5 million to charity for proof of Obama’s citizenship.
