Romney mocks Trump's 'foreign wives': 'It turns out that there really are jobs Americans won't do'
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Mitt Romney continued his campaign against Donald Trump at a National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner Tuesday night. This time, the former Massachusetts governor didn't go after Trump's failed business ventures or his "third-grade theatrics," but his "several foreign wives":
Trump's first wife, Ivana, was born in Czechoslovakia and his third (and current) wife, Melania, is from Slovenia.
To even things out, Romney made a joke about his own marital situation, referencing Trump's recent pondering over whether Romney actually is Mormon because "Mormons are very smart people" and, in his opinion, Romney just isn't that smart.
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