Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) shocked both sides of the aisle on Wednesday when he announced his decision to convict Donald J. Trump in his Senate impeachment trial. Romney knew he would feel the full force of the MAGA army, saying, “In some quarters I will be vehemently denounced. I’m sure to hear abuse from the president and his supporters. Does anyone seriously believe that I would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me?”
Mitt fucking Romney, of all people, appears to be the only Senate Republican with a spine.
Just as Romney predicted, Trump supporters immediately started a “#RecallRomney” hashtag, then Donnie Jr. took to Twitter to say the Utah Republican “should be expelled from the GOP.”
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.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 5, 2020
Yeah, how dare Romney uphold his oath to the Constitution and God, instead of pledging undying loyalty to the newly impeached president. It sure sounds like Junior wants Romney’s head on a pike.
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Twitter users piled in.
The trump cult is a temporary thing. Cults don’t last. November will bring change.
— Michael Parziale (@mikeparziale) February 5, 2020
Wow someone sounds #triggered.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) February 5, 2020
So your view is that anyone who stands on principle over party shouldn’t be part of gop? That sure says a lot about the gop.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) February 5, 2020
👉🏻Days ago, Republican senators said they were outraged at the suggestion Trump would retaliate against them for their votes. #headonapike https://t.co/DKl5E0M6mc
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) February 5, 2020
And you’re a grifty turd dragged through life on the coattails of a man who cheated on your mother, went bankrupt four times over and was handed his office by Russia.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 5, 2020
You will never know what it means to vote your conscience. You have no integrity and certainly no relationship with God. How was the training course on how not to cheat a charity. Did you do that yet? Grifter.
— William Hawkins (@WilliamHawkin15) February 5, 2020
The Republican-led Senate is expected to acquit trump of the charges on Wednesday evening after the party voted last week to bring the trial to an end without additional witnesses or documents. Romney just made Trump’s impeachment a bipartisan effort. History won’t look fondly on Trump and his enablers, but Mitt Romney will be remembered well. Junior isn’t bright enough to know that he can’t expel Romney from identifying as a Republican.
The Utah Republican could be removed from committees — but he’ll still have his dignity intact.
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