where richard gear goes up to the salesman and says we need a little sucking up here. you have never, ever in your career seen a serious adult who is wealthy, independent, has been a presidential nominee, suck up at the rate that mitt romney is sucking up. >> ouch. what is behind this kind of loathing? >> i never thought i would be on national television defending mitt rmny. he was a thorn in my side and everybody involved in the trump campaign for the last eight months or so i was having to deflect his criticisms of mr. trump. then candidate trump. i'll tell you this, i'm going to defend him here against -- i have a lot of respect for the former speaker mr. gingrich. i think both mr. romney and the president-elect, i think they have shown us by their behavior, by having several substantive meetings, they have shown us that they're putting the country and patriotism far above whatever personal differences