Elder Statesmen
Daniel Schlozman · Dissent · 2024
ABSTRACT: At Easter time in 2022, Craig Romney took his family to Washington, D.C., to see the sights. Craig's father, Mitt Romney, the junior senator from Utah, joined them for a trip to the White House that Mitt had arranged. Joe and Jill Biden appeared mid-tour to show the guests around, patiently bringing them to the swimming pool and the bowling alley and letting everyone pose for pictures at the Steinway grand piano. As they departed, the youngest Romney grandchild offered his thoughts on the president: "I thought he would be less old."