Senator Mitt Romney of Utah faced songs of “traitor” as he traveled from Salt Lake City to Washington, DC. A video posted on Twitter appears to show a small group of passengers singing, at least one of whom appears not to be wearing a mask.
“Resign, Mitch!” cried a woman, seen with a mask on her chin that did not cover her mouth and nose. He accused Romney of not listening to its components.
The woman also tried to push for a baseless conspiracy theory linking Romney to Ukrainian gas company Burisma and President-elect Joe Biden.
Romney has previously criticized an investigation by the Senate National Security Committee of Biden’s son Hunter, who was named president of Burisma while Biden served as vice president. Romney did vote in favor of issuing citations in this probe, however.
An additional video posted on Twitter showed Romney facing off before boarding the flight. In the video you can see Romney sitting in a terminal at Salt Lake City Airport. The woman who appears to be filming confronts Romney, claiming she does not support Donald Trump.
Romney urges the woman to put on a mask, which is necessary for the airport, although she claims she is six feet away. The woman then appears to approach Romney. She calls Romney a “joke” and a “shameful factory” for not supporting Trump’s re-election.
Romney did not approve of Mr. Trump in 2020. The former 2012 GOP presidential candidate later admitted that he did not vote for Mr. Trump either.
The video was posted by a user whose name “Qtah” is an apparent reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory, which the Southern Poverty Law Center notes is an anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ “theory” that he falsely claims that the world is ruled by a secret cabal of pedophiles who worship Satan and plot against President Trump. “