Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney posted a message to Facebook Thursday morning in response to the terrorist attack in Paris that took 12 lives Wednesday afternoon.
Romney, who served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France from 1966-1968, expressed his sorrow for those affected.
Post by Mitt Romney.Romney's service as an LDS missionary was mentioned in media coverage of his 2012 presidential campaign, and his ability to speak French fluently even made headlines. Since his mission, Romney has often spoken fondly of his time in France.
"He talks about it all the time," Tagg Romney, Mitt Romney's eldest son, told The New York Times in a 2007 article. In the same article, Romney said that time, more than any other, "helped him become who he is now."
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