by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Utah's junior United States Senator, Mitt Romney, gave a speech yesterday in the well of the Senate that will likely prove to be one of the most important and memorable of his political career. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and Republican Presidential nominee from 2012, told a mostly empty Senate chamber that he planned on voting to remove Donald Trump from office on one of the two articles of impeachment - the one that accused Trump of abuse of office. A short time later he followed through on that commitment.
Mitt Romney voted against his party's President, and he single-handedly brought about the nation's first-ever bipartisan vote to remove a sitting President. It was a decision fraught with political - and perhaps even physical - risk. His other ninety-nine colleagues in the Senate voted with their respective parties on both articles of impeachment, and Trump was handily acquitted through the party-line vote.
But Romney's singular defection stood out.
In announcing his intention to vote against Trump on the "abuse of power" article, Senator Romney had this to say:
At the end of the day Mitt Romney stood alone among the senators of what some snidely refer to as God's Own Party in his fidelity in honoring an oath to be an impartial juror.
Mitt's niece, Ronna McDaniel, the Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, quickly posted a tweet saying that she disagreed with her uncle and supported Trump's acquittal. (Ms. McDaniel used to be known as Ronna Romney McDaniel until three years ago when Donald Trump "suggested" she drop the Romney.) She said this was not the first time she had disagreed with Uncle Mitt, nor would it likely be the last.
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, went on record a week ago as "formally not inviting" Romney to its upcoming annual gathering after he voted to hear from witnesses in the Trump Senate trial.
And, in perhaps the most serious rebuke from a Republican spokesperson thus far, Donald Trump, Jr, tweeted after yesterday's impeachment vote:
When it comes to pure eloquence, it's hard to beat a Trump!
Congratulations to Senator Mitt Romney for having the courage to stand by his convictions and his faith. May he and his family be safe from the onslaught of ignorance and violence that rolls across our land - and may others be inspired by his brave example.
Citizen Journalist
Utah's junior United States Senator, Mitt Romney, gave a speech yesterday in the well of the Senate that will likely prove to be one of the most important and memorable of his political career. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and Republican Presidential nominee from 2012, told a mostly empty Senate chamber that he planned on voting to remove Donald Trump from office on one of the two articles of impeachment - the one that accused Trump of abuse of office. A short time later he followed through on that commitment.
Mitt Romney voted against his party's President, and he single-handedly brought about the nation's first-ever bipartisan vote to remove a sitting President. It was a decision fraught with political - and perhaps even physical - risk. His other ninety-nine colleagues in the Senate voted with their respective parties on both articles of impeachment, and Trump was handily acquitted through the party-line vote.
But Romney's singular defection stood out.
In announcing his intention to vote against Trump on the "abuse of power" article, Senator Romney had this to say:
"As a senator juror, I swore an oath before God to exercise impartial justice. I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am . . . I take an oath before God as enormously consequential. I knew from the outset that being tasked with judging the president, the leader of my own party, would be the most difficult decision I have ever faced. I was not wrong. . . Accordingly, the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust. What he did was not perfect. No, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security, and our fundamental values. Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine."Romney conceded that he would likely be denounced by his GOP colleagues in the Senate for his vote to remove Trump from office - a vote which everyone knew would not make a difference in the outcome - and then added this resolve:
"Does anyone seriously believe that I would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it?"
At the end of the day Mitt Romney stood alone among the senators of what some snidely refer to as God's Own Party in his fidelity in honoring an oath to be an impartial juror.
Mitt's niece, Ronna McDaniel, the Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, quickly posted a tweet saying that she disagreed with her uncle and supported Trump's acquittal. (Ms. McDaniel used to be known as Ronna Romney McDaniel until three years ago when Donald Trump "suggested" she drop the Romney.) She said this was not the first time she had disagreed with Uncle Mitt, nor would it likely be the last.
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, went on record a week ago as "formally not inviting" Romney to its upcoming annual gathering after he voted to hear from witnesses in the Trump Senate trial.
And, in perhaps the most serious rebuke from a Republican spokesperson thus far, Donald Trump, Jr, tweeted after yesterday's impeachment vote:
"Mitt Romney is forever bitter that he will never be POTUS. He was too weak to beat the Democrats then so he's joining them now.
"He's now officially a member of the resistance & should be expelled from the @GOP."Junior then went on Instagram and posted a picture of Romney wearing a pair of high-top jeans which Junior referred to a "Mom Jeans" and then proceeded to describe the courageous Republican senator from Utah as a "pussy."
When it comes to pure eloquence, it's hard to beat a Trump!
Congratulations to Senator Mitt Romney for having the courage to stand by his convictions and his faith. May he and his family be safe from the onslaught of ignorance and violence that rolls across our land - and may others be inspired by his brave example.
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