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‘Mitt Romney Republican’ is now a potent GOP primary attack

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Curtis speaks during the GOP Convention in Sandy, Utah, on April 23, 2022. The Curtis campaign said the congressman was more focused on legislation and passing bills than branding: "Congressman Curtis doesn't spend his time labeling himself or other Republicans," his campaign manager, Adrielle Herring, said in a statement. (Adam Fondren/The Deseret News via AP, File)

FILE - Chris Herrod, GOP primary candidate in Utah's 3rd Congressional District, answers questions during a GOP primary debate in Salt Lake City on June 1, 2022. "There are two different wings in the Republican Party," Herrod, a former state lawmaker running in suburban Utah's 3rd Congressional District, said in a debate last month. "If you're more aligned with Mitt Romney and Spencer Cox," he added, referring to Utah's governor, "then I'm probably not your guy." (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

FILE - Utah's 1st Congressional District Republican candidate Blake Moore poses for photographs on Aug. 10, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Mitt Romney smiles during a campaign event in American Fork, Utah. Mitt Romney isn't up for reelection this year, but his name is surfacing in Republican primaries throughout the nation. Candidates are using the label "Mitt Romney Republican" to frame opponents as insufficiently conservative and enemies of the Trump-era GOP Candidates have employed the concept in attack ads and talking points in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

‘Mitt Romney Republican’ is now a potent GOP primary attack