Sen. Mitt Romney marches in D.C. anti-racism protest

Mitt Romney.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday joined an anti-racism protest in Washington, D.C., becoming the first Republican senator known to participate in a demonstration following the death of George Floyd.

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Romney marched alongside evangelicals protesting injustice and racism, The Washington Post reports. In an interview, Romney said he wanted to find "a way to end violence and brutality, and to make sure that people understand that black lives matter." He also tweeted two photos from the protest, with the caption, "Black Lives Matter." Organizers said they did not know Romney planned on participating.

On Saturday, the senator tweeted a picture of his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, marching in a Civil Rights protest in the Detroit area. His dad, he wrote, once said, "Force alone will not eliminate riots. We must eliminate the problems from which they stem."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.