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Romney’s Decision to Convict President Trump Faces Extreme Backlash from Republicans, Praise from Schiff

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Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) has declared that he will vote to convict President Donald J. Trump this afternoon. Romney is the first Senator to vote to convict a President of the same party in an impeachment trial. This announcement created a firestorm on social media with reactions from the Trump Family, Chairwoman of the Republican Party, influential elected officials, and conservative commentators. Donald Trump Jr. has expressed his opinion that Romney should be expelled from the Republican Party in a series of tweets. 

One of them states, “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.” Another one alleges that Romney has a desire for affirmation from those who never will respect him. View it below:

The Chairwoman of the Republican Party Ronna McDaniel who also happens to be Romney’s niece expressed her disappointment in the Senator from Utah and that President Trump did nothing wrong to deserve removal from office. View it below: 

According to an article published by Breitbart, “The Utah Republican accused the president of withholding U.S. security assistance to Ukraine for his own ‘personal’ benefit, arguing that he would not have asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July to review allegations of corruption against former Vice President Joe Biden if it did not help him, politically. Romney said, ‘The president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust. What he did was not perfect. No, it was a flagrant assault under electoral rights, our national security and our fundamental values,’ he declared. Romney became visually emotional before revealing his verdict before the upper chamber. ‘I swore an oath before God to exercise impartial justice. I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am. I take an oath before God as enormously consequential,’ said the senator.” 

Romney’s shocking decision even drew praise from impeachment drum beater Rep Adam Schiff (D-CA). Schiff insinuated that Romney displayed “moral courage” in a tweet that can be read below:

It is highly unliked that Trump will be convicted on either of the charges because 67 votes are needed to convict the president. According to the Associated Press, “Few senators are expected to stray from party camps, all but ensuring the highly partisan impeachment yields deeply partisan acquittal. Both Bill Clinton in the 1999 and Andrew Johnson in 1868 drew cross-party support when they were left in office after an impeachment trial. President Richard Nixon resigned rather than face revolt from his own party.

Trump’s approval rating, which has generally languished in the mid- to low-40s, hit a new high of 49% in the latest Gallup polling, which was conducted as the Senate trial was drawing to a close. The poll found that 51% of the public views the Republican Party favorably, the first time the GOP’s number has exceeded 50% since 2005.” 

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