His. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Two Sheriff’s deputies shot by a gunman in Utah Romney kicks off the end of the filibuster, the expansion of SCOTUS In Utah’s public land management, Biden should follow a responsible legislative process MORE (R-Utah) thought Monday of the GOP Senate campaign arm presenting a new award to former President Trump, telling reporters that the decision “would not have been my preference.”
Journalists asked the former Republican presidential candidate how he felt about the Republican National Senate Committee (NRSC) and Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Who chairs it, “awarding” a prize to Trump.
“It is not my call. They are certainly free to do whatever they want to do. As you know, having voted twice to remove him from office would not have been my preference, ”he said.
The NRSC presented the Champion for Freedom Award to Trump over the weekend during a donor withdrawal. In a statement, the committee described the honor as aimed at “conservative leaders who have worked tirelessly to create good jobs, protect the values that make our country great and stop the socialist agenda of Democrats.”
“President Trump
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Romney was the only Republican in the Senate to vote to convict Trump on his two charges. In February last year, he was the only Republican senator to vote to convict Trump on the charge of abuse of power.
The vote made Romney the first U.S. senator to vote to convict a president of his own party on a charge of removal.
In March of this year, Romney was awarded the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s Courage Profile for her “historic vote” to oust Trump in 2020.
Jordain Carney contributed to this report.