Posted on 05/02/2021 9:27:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins was "appalled" by the Utah GOP's censure vote on Saturday of Sen. Mitt Romney, who was met by a chorus of boos when he took the stage.
Utah Republicans voted 798-711 to defeat the censure resolution toward the end of the party's meeting. Romney moved to "remove Trump from office in two illegitimate impeachment trials," which "hurt the constitution and hurt the party," said Davis County Del. Don Guymon, who wrote the resolution.
Collins defended Romney on Sunday and said the party should not be helmed by "one person," potentially referring to former President Donald Trump.
“I was appalled," Collins told CNN's Jake Tapper of the censure vote and jeering. "Mitt Romney is an outstanding senator who serves his state and our country well."
She continued: "We Republicans need to remember that we are united by fundamental principles such as belief in personal responsibility, individual freedom, opportunity, free markets, a strong national defense. Those are the principles that unite us. We are not a party that is just led by one person. There are many prominent, upcoming, younger men and women in our party who hold great promise for leading us."
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a Trump critic, was another prominent Republican who faced backlash from her party after she was seen elbow-bumping President Joe Biden ahead of his first congressional address Wednesday.
Collins backed Cheney, who told her colleagues that she and Biden are not "sworn enemies."
"Liz Cheney is a woman of strength and conscience, and she did what she thought was right, and I salute her for that," Collins said. "We need to be accepting of differences in our party. We don’t want to become like too much of the Democratic Party, which has been taken over by the progressive left."
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Oooooh,those boorish Trump supporters ..Why don;t they die already
Those people do not have proper respect for their rulers.
Boo to her too
Collins had Ron DeSantis in mind, no doubt.
She has revealed that in her mind, the rank and file are the servants of the party “leaders” and not the other way around.
Susan Collins should not comment about what happens to RINO’s in Red States.
Don’t take the bait, just shut your mouth and mind your own damn business.
I don’t know who is advising her, but they are terrible.
Dear Senator Collins,
You’re next.
Hope the GOP Censure vote was roll call so they know who to replace.
And to HELL with her too!!
"We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death."
— Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Mitt Romney is an outstanding senator who serves his state and our country well.”
Anything but. Same for Collins.
Babylon Bee report
Then why was he Governor of Massachusetts before moving to Utah?
In other words Trump is too conservative for Romney and Collins...
“Mitt Romney is an outstanding senator who serves his state and our country well.”
Oh, puke! Calling politicians public servants is a joke. They get rich off of taxpayers, retire with benefits we can only dream of, and then expect to be lauded for their sacrifice and service.
As Mencken said about politicians, “These men, in point of fact, are seldom if ever moved by anything rationally describable as public spirit; there is actually no more public spirit among them than among so many burglars or street-walkers. Their purpose, first, last and all the time, is to promote their private advantage, and to that end, and that end alone, they exercise all the vast powers that are in their hands.”
I.
DONT.
CARE.
I’ve been appalled by your actions in selling out this country, stopping people from trying to succeed and spending money WE DONT HAVE to fight wars we’re not involved with.
You are part of the problem Susan Collins.
Hilarious susan
I think you are the horse he rode in on...
We need a new party.
I’m appalled by susan collins, so I guess that makes us even.
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