Mitt Romney: It's time for baby boomer politicians to move on

Utah senator, 76 , said he would not seek a second term in Congress after a career spanning three decades .

Romney criticised politicians still in office in their 80s , including Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi .

He said the Republican Party has been captured by a “super MAGA ” faction.

The Utah senator also hit out at the baby boomer generation’ and called for the GOP to return to the centre-Right.

Despite his criticism of Mr Trump during the next election campaign in 2016 , the two men reportedly met to discuss the prospect of Mr Romney taking over the State Department a position that was ultimately handed to Rex Tillerson . Mr Romney then ran for Congress in Utah in 2019 , making him only the third politician in US history to have represented one state as a governor and another in the Senate ..