Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) just got some bad news this week as hundreds of people have signed a petition that attacks him for voting in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump. The petition goes so far as to state that, “We, the undersigned voters, censure Senator Willard Mitt Romney.”
“Senator Willard Mitt Romney has failed, and continues to fail, to represent the average conservative Utah Republican voter,” the petition states.
It goes on to declare that Romney has “misrepresented himself as a Republican” and concluding that he has “prioritized his personal and political vendetta against President Donald J. Trump ahead of the Constitution of the United States, the interest of We, the People, and the advancement of the Republican Platform.”
The petition then brought up things Romney has done in the past, pointing out that he is the only Republican senator to join Democrats in voting to convict Trump on one of the articles of impeachment during the failed impeachment attempt last year. It also attacked the Utah senator for supporting the continuation of the “unconstitutional” impeachment trial of Trump by voting to allow witnesses.
“Senator Willard Mitt Romney has condoned false and misleading statements that have led the 117th Congress of the United States to further conduct an illegal and unconstitutional 2nd Impeachment proceeding against President Donald J. Trump,” the petition states, adding that Romney still fails to “ensure election integrity and continues to condemn those who do.”
“Whereas; the Utah Republican Party leadership has failed to issue a censure. Therefore; be it resolved that; We, the undersigned voters, censure Senator Willard Mitt Romney,” the petition concluded. It has been signed by hundreds of people at the time of this writing.
Romney is one of seven Republican senators who joined Democrats in voting to convict Trump in his impeachment trial over the Capitol riots last month.
“After careful consideration of the respective counsels’ arguments, I have concluded that President Trump is guilty of the charge made by the House of Representatives,” Romney said in a statement, adding that Trump “incited the insurrection against Congress by using the power of his office to summon his supporters to Washington on January 6th and urging them to march on the Capitol during the counting of electoral votes.”
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