Trump's birther crusade was gross, but it was countenanced by elite GOP types like Romney, who gladly accepted Trump's endorsement in 2012.
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Romney benefited from the same sentiments, but was just savvier about inflaming them and maintained plausible deniability.
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Romney maintained what had been - until Trump - standard GOP establishment norms.
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one difference is that Romney isn't an arriviste
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How exactly is Trump more arriviste than Romney?
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