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Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2023[edit]

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The sentence, "He was attacked by Trump supporters for not backing Trump's unverified conspiracy theories...", in the context of the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, could mislead readers into thinking that Romney was physically attacked at the airport. Neither of the two refs uses the word "attacked"; they use "heckled" and "harassed", both of which appear in the preceding sentence. Please change to "Trump supporters were angry that he had not backed Trump's unverified conspiracy theories". 2001:BB6:47ED:FA58:A8E6:3EA1:5219:B7BD (talk) 09:09, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I actually rewrote the whole sentence to describe what the crowd were saying instead of interpreting it in wikivoice:

Cellphone footage of the incident showed Trump supporters accusing Romney of not supporting Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, and chanting "Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!" as Romney boarded his flight.

Feel free to reach out if my changes are not acceptable to you. Xan747 (talk) 14:18, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Xan747:, that is an excellent edit. Thank you. 2001:BB6:47ED:FA58:8D93:7A35:1165:3DCC (talk) 08:51, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Xan747 (talk) 15:39, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why nothing about his family?[edit]

Articles about women usually include information about their family life, even when it isn't relevant. Why does this article not have anything at all about his family life, given that the senator makes such a big deal of sending out photos of his family? See this column for an example of how central the issue is to his image: New York Times, "The Hidden Moral Injury of OK Boomer." 49.37.24.220 (talk) 15:28, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Right in the lead I am told "He married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons." There is plenty more (not surprisingly) in the section titled College, France mission, marriage, and children. HiLo48 (talk) 05:29, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]