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Romney reappears to lead GOP charge against “phony” Trump

Following Donald Trump’s sweeping wins on Super Tuesday, Republican leaders lit into the frontrunner from all sides in a desperate attempt to blunt his momentum. The most prominent criticism came a few hours prior to Thursday night’s debate, when former Massachusetts governor and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Trump “a phony” who is “playing the American public for suckers.”