WASHINGTON: Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the US president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial.
Romney voted"guilty" on the first impeachment charge, abuse of power, siding with the Senate's 45 Democrats and two independents. He voted"not guilty" on the second charge, obstruction of Congress. Romney was the Republican presidential nominee in 2012 and was elected to represent Utah in the Senate in 2018.Following the vote, Trump released a video that referred to Romney as a"Democrat secret asset" and noted his 2012 loss to Democratic President Barack Obama.
A former governor of Massachusetts, Romney won his 2018 Senate election with a comfortable 63 per cent. Up for re-election in 2024, he could conceivably face a primary challenge in Utah."I'm proud of him for speaking up," said Stacey Maxwell, a registered independent who owns a Salt Lake City coffee shop.At the start of his floor speech, Romney appeared to choke back tears when he noted that as a Mormon,"I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am.
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