Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a taste of Utah’s unique politics when he attended the Iron County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Dinner shortly after announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate race.
To say the experience in Cedar City was bizarre would be an understatement — at least when one hears how Romney reportedly described the encounter to several friends and acquaintances.
“He’s got to be thinking, ‘What have I gotten myself into,’” said developer Kem Gardner, one of Romney’s closest pals.
According to accounts Romney and his campaign staffers told to acquaintances, the event got off to a bad start as soon as the entourage arrived in Cedar City and attended the hourlong “meet and greet” before the Republican fundraising dinner.