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“They’re Trying to Be King of the Mormons”

posted on June 29, 2015

In POLITICO Magazine, Matt Canham and Thomas Burr report on the alleged rivalry between the Romney family and the Huntsman family, caused by the political feuding between former friends Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney. “In the run up to 2008, Jon Huntsman Jr. wanted to be a player in national politics, and Mitt Romney all but patted him on the head and urged him to sit on the bench,” Canham and Burr write. This led to a falling out “made even more stunning when considering the long ties between the families.”

Read at POLITICO Magazine