>> Mitt Romney randomly confirmed that he had been using a burner account on Twitter
in order to defend himself against critics, both the media and other politicians.
I don't know why he would admit this.
This is a strange thing to confess during an interview, but he did.
So this was during an interview with Slate.
And then later a reporter over at the Atlantic took all the little hints, got them together
and did a little investigation.
And actually found the burner account in question which has now been made private by Mitt Romney.
The name of the burner Twitter account was Pierre Delecto.
>> Who is, of course, a wealthy French financier.
Who has decided to start a second career as a chef.
That's my back story for who Pierre Delecto is.
>> This is- >> You're welcome to create your own.
>> Man he's, just choosing that name name says something about you.
>> 100%.
>> You're into some stuff, you know what I am saying?
Some role playing stuff.
>> Some roleplaying stuff, I see.
>> All right.
>> So by the way, it does say at least one thing about you.
Which is you don't mind be associated with the French, and the upper crust, etc, that's
the perceptions at least.
In fact, when they caught him in a reporter reached out to him saying is it you?
He answered in French, it's me.
I don't know how to say it in French but he said it in French.
>> I think it was like, >> Yeah.
>> Okay, anyway, great credit to Ashley Fineberg for finding this account.
She's the reporter at Slate, nice job.
There's more funny details.
>> Yes, all right, so during the interview Romney was quoted as saying, I won't give
you the name of it but I'm following 668 people, he was-
>> Yeah, he wanted to get caught.
>> He wanted to get caught- >> Caught, yeah, yeah.
>> It's amazing and then according to the Atlantic, McKay Coppins wrote this piece of
swiping at his tablet, he recited some of the accounts he follows, including journalists,
late night comedians, and athletes.
Trump was not among them.
And in response to Donald Trump or in regards to Donald Trump, he said, he tweets so much.
And then this is the part that I can't I can't believe he said this.
He was quoted as saying, what do they call me, a lurker?
>> Now that is the technical term on Twitter that when you don't participate that much,
you don't Tweet that much you just read other's comments, that's called a lurker.
>> Jake, I know.
Jake, he is a US Senator, okay?
How does he have time for a burner account?
How, how, I don't even have time to deal with Twitter as much as I should because I'm in
the media, and your social media is important.
I don't have time for that.
The fact that he has time, are you supposed to be politicking and legislating what are
you doing?
>> Come on, he said he does have all the time in the world, he could barely work.
>> Jesus.
>> Okay, no I took something else away from it.
>> He has time to lurk what a creepo.
>> Okay, look first of all, is you got to let the souffle sit.
So that gives you plenty of time to go tweet as PR Delecto.
>> So no, I took something completely else away from it that my God, Mitt Romney's human.
>> Yeah, yeah he's sensitive.
>> Like some of his corporate friends.
So no like he's actually bitter at some of the other republicans
>> Yeah.
>> He's a little salty like says salt to those recipes, okay.
>> I know Jake, but am probably he most salty person on the planet I still don't have a
burner account, it baffles me.
>> It to me it made him more human.
And in the fact that he obviously wanted to get caught also made him more human, and so
he can't wait to lash out at Trump.
So he's trying to find a way to get caught so it would be like get that's god damn it,
I hate him.
Okay, so now let me give you other funny things.
>> Okay.
>> So now Mike Huckabee weighs in.
Huckabee ran against Romney, Huckabee hates Romney, Huckabee he's a huge obviously Trump
guy his daughter Sarah Huckabee Sanders was a spokesperson.
So he says about Romney, the man is 72 years old, having fake Twitter accounts on social
media that's the work of kids, cowards, couch potatoes and perverts like Carlos Danger.
>> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait Romney is 72 years old?
>> Yeah I'm telling you, Romney is making a comeback.
>> He's looking good.
>> He looks amazing.
>> That's insane.
>> Okay, I never thought I'd compliment Romney this much, and wait until you get a load of
his souffle.
It's amazing, Delecto is on point.
>> You're talking about his souflee a little too much for my comfort, okay?
>> Look, Pierre knows how to put them together.
So seriously he is 72, we give him credit for that.
But look at Huckabee's quote.
I mean, these guys are sniping like cowards and perverts, okay?
So, many says, if he's got something to say, man up and say it, and let us all realize
this guy is not a team player.
So of course, Huckabee says that because he's like, if you're a team player, you bow your
head to Donald Trump.
>> So now other fun things, the different tweets that Pierre liked and retweeted, etc.
So first, there is a picture of Marco Rubio in a giant chair.
He looks like a little kid.
And Pierre liked a tweet that said, I'm not sure there's ever been a photo that sums up
a person's essence better than this does.
>> Man, that you don't want it, too, like the salt.
>> Come on, I told you, man.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay, wait until you try his ratatouille.
Plenty of salt in there.
So then he liked this tweet from Devin Nunes' cow.
>> Yeah, yeah yeah.
>> Wow, look at this okay?
And this is about Newt Gingrich.
Newt Gingrich doesn't tweet about my God, when I did impeachment it was ethical and
principled, etc., blah blah blah.
>> Yeah right.
>> And Devin Nunes' cow says, you were cheating on your second wife with the woman who is
now your third wife, even while impeaching Clinton for cheating on his wife show yourself
out.
And Mitt Romney's like, like.
>> Love it.
>> Okay, I'm not done, last one.
So this one is actually the most important because there's a tweet that Bill Kristol
now another he's a neocon terrible guy but he is a never Trumper shows of Lindsey Graham.
And the quote is, a president who doesn't comply with congressional requests for information
is subject to impeachment.
And there's somebody retweeted that saying, this can't be retweeted enough and Pierre's
like more me liking a boob likes it.
So now that is against another republican but more importantly, saying, hey, if you
do not comply with subpoenas that is an impeachable offense.
And so Mitt Romney is liking the hell out of that.
So that means man, he can't wait to press that impeach button.
>> Yeah, definetely- >> And in his case he's a senator so it'd
be to convict.
>> Exactly, so what this story made me realize for the first time and I guess you've known
this is that Mitt Romney is essentially a centrist Democrat.
He and centrist Democrats share a lot in common.
>> 100%, I mean, look, that's why I said Romney versus Obama.
Everybody's like, my god it's the most important election of our lifetime.
It was maybe the least important election of our lifetime.
It was Romney care versus Obamacare.
They're the same goddamn thing.
>> They are.
>> They're the same thing.
So- >> I remember being so bored during the coverage
of the 2012 election, like super bored, and God, I wish I can go back to that.
>> Yeah, so now republicans criticize and especially Trump, criticize Mitt Romney for
being a centrist Democrat.
But for us the critique is not that hey, Romney's too far left, hilarious.
>> No, no.
>> No, we're criticizing the centrist Democrats.
Because they essentially agree with Mitt Romney who is an incredibly wealthy Republican who
just wants to give everything to the rich.
He's just like, he's scandalized by Donald Trump.
But otherwise he's totally Republican and most of the senators Democrats agree with
all of his policies.
>> Yeah, it's true, can I- >> So ironically there's probably Nancy Pelosi
has a burner account, going likey on Pierre.
>> You know what?
I'm curious what percentage of lawmakers, look, you're right, they are all human obviously.
Just because they have positions of power doesn't mean that they're not sensitive.
They're super sensitive.
I mean, remember when the CEO of Google agreed to testify before members of the House.
And a bunch of them, during their portion of questioning, were talking about the offensive
and mean things that were posted about them online.
>> Yeah.
>> And they wanted to get to the bottom of it.
And it's like what?
What are you doing, why?
Yeah, people say bad things about you, you're a public figure.
That comes with the territory.
>> So, last thing on this.
Now all the Trump defenders are saying I can't believe Mitt Romney made up a name and criticize
other Republicans.
Donald Trump used to pretend he was John Miller and John Barron.
And he would call in to media outlets and go, hi, this is a very strong call from John
Barron and Donald Trump is very well endowed.
He was talking about his sex life and he bragged about Donald Trump's sex life posing as John
Barron.
So if you don't like Pierre Delecto wait until you get a load of John Barron.
>> No, I love Pierre Delecto.
>> So the Trump supporters have no leg to stand on at all, at all.
Could you imagine if Pierre Delecto was like, and by the way Mitt Romney is great in bed.
That's in essence what Trump did.