Former Sen. Mitt Romney had a message his blue state audience didn’t seem to like much: President Donald Trump isn’t the first president to use the power of government against his political foes.

Speaking with CNN news anchor Dana Bash in front of an upscale crowd in Morristown, New Jersey, at an event sponsored by Drew University, Romney was both inspirational and political.

The longtime critic of Trump found some in his blue-state audience were uncomfortable with anything less than a full rebuke of the president.

After serving as a Republican governor in Massachusetts, then running twice for president — earning the Republican nomination the second time, in 2012 — Romney served six years representing Utah in the Senate.

But while Romney twice warned his political party against nominat

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