Posted on 02/15/2021 5:10:33 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Some Utah Republicans are rumbling in disgust over Republican Sen. Mitt Romney’s vote to convict former President Donald Trump during Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.
“I’ve gotten phone calls and emails, and I’m seeing a lot of chat on Facebook that people want to do a measure of censure against Sen. Romney like we’ve seen against Liz Cheney in Wyoming, and the senator down in Louisiana,“ said Bob McEntee, a member of the Utah Republican Party’s State Central Committee.
Brandon Beckham, a GOP State Central Committee member who supported censuring Romney over his 2020 vote, said he “absolutely will” vote to censure Romney for this latest action if the party puts the question up to a vote.
“If the Republican Party doesn’t respond here in Utah, then we look weak, we look complicit. We aren’t doing our job,” he said.
According to The Salt Lake Tribune, a petition to censure Romney is making the rounds among Utah Republicans. The petition reportedly slams Romney for “embarrassing the state of Utah” and says that he “appears to be an agent for the Establishment Deep State.”
Republican Richard Ott made the case for censure in an Op-Ed for The Tribune.
“Granted, Romney was right in the middle of the capitol riot. His life was in danger and was protected by a courageous police officer. He has been the subject of many personal Twitter attacks from Trump. It is also a fact that a majority of Utahns are not Trump supporters so, by voting with the Democrats, Romney could reasonably say he was representing his constituents,” Ott wrote, setting up his argument. “So why did Sen. Mike Lee not vote with the Democrats as well?”
Ott then said the trial was an unconstitutional political exercise and should have been judged as such.
“Because the whole thing eroded the Constitution. Everything from free speech to due process to impeaching a president who had already been voted out by the voice of the people. It all shredded the Constitution,” he wrote.
“Both senators took an oath to the constitution. One kept his oath. One didn’t.”
Ott said the impeachment vote raises questions about what Utah Republicans stand for.
“Now my question is can we trust the state Republican establishment to protect our constitutional rights? Will our governor and state elected officials stand up to any potential unconstitutional federal overreach? By remaining silent, my feeling is the answer is no,” he wrote.
“It is not about Trump. It is about the Constitution. It is about our rights to be free from tyranny. Romney failed the test and if our state party does not hold him accountable then they are failing the test as well.”
Ott said state Republicans need to show they support the Constitution.
“It is my opinion that the state Republican Party should move to censure Romney and take away all financial support. They should also immediately find a strong constitutional candidate to start a primary campaign to make sure Mitt is relegated to one term. That is all he needs as I think he has accomplished what he set out to do,” he wrote.
Bye bye mittens bye bye Mitch bye bye all of those traitors
Romney?
You mean Pierre Delecto?
Romney is a slut.
I have a feeling that the ‘infamous seven’ will be seen by history as the destroyers of the Party.
They won’t get rid of him. I think Romney cares more about the opinion of the swamp than his constituents.
He is “above” the people.
I am pretty confident that Romney will lose the primary in the next election unless he is able to “recruit” enough opposition to split the vote. That has to be his plan right now.
Magic underpants will vote for Magic underpants.
Mittens-you get an F for the day.
There is a chance they will be rightfully seen as destroyers of the Republic.
Indeed they will, Jeff Flake and Harry Reid for example.
Maybe he is aiming for another governor or Senate run, but on the left coast.
The dude is cannot - NOT - be in the spotlight.
And he has more than one god complex.
I think the Republic is stronger than that.
You don’t spit on 75 million people and remain politically viable.
Wishful thinking.
Romney’s sons were as deep into the Ukraine corruption as was Hunter Biden, Paul Pelosi and the Kerry stepkids. What Romney and the rest fear most is that Trump has possession of documents that will prove Romney and the rest are guilty of criminal activity. That is why they were so fervent to discredit and destroy Trump as a credible political voice. Pelosi is particularly enraged that Trump is still standing. She, her son and husband are at risk.
I hate Harry Reid, especially after his weasel anti American crap during the Iraq War, wishing for us to be defeated. However, I found out that the NRA was his puppet-master and most 2A rulings he favored, which angered his more leftwing colleagues who hate guns. Any guns.
If they censure him here’s what he thinks. Oh noes my hand got slapped. Big deal.
If people want to do something they must begin recalling these idiots.
“It is my opinion that the state Republican Party should move to censure Romney and take away all financial support. They should also immediately find a strong constitutional candidate to start a primary campaign to make sure Mitt is relegated to one term.”
At a bare minimum, that should have happened to all of the Republican senators and house members who voted for impeachment.
Make Kolob a state and he can go run it
I'll join in with you saying "good riddance" when I can see the bodies floating bye out of office...
The Repubs who turned on Trump, meaning... turned on us... need to be turned out even if it means the seat goes to some random Democrat.
They are starting to beat the drum that “we’re really going to get them in 2022” but thats just so you’ll dutifully pull the lever for these sleazebags. The idea that our sleazebags are better than their sleazebags used to make some sense, but not since Jan 6. And especially not since last week.
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