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Trump, Conservatives Heap Scorn on Romney for His Impeachment Vote

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump and conservative pundits are
   unleashing a stream of vitriol against Republican Sen. Mitt Romney for
   his vote to convict the president of abusing the presidency, even as
   the Senate rejected impeachment charges against Trump.

   Romney, who lost the 2012 presidential election to former President
   Barack Obama, said Wednesday he knew he would be vilified. He said he
   could not live up to his deep Christian faith and ignore what he saw as
   Trump's wrongdoing when he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr
   Zelenskiy last July to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and
   his son Hunter's work for a Ukrainian natural gas company.

   On Twitter early Thursday, Trump said, "Had failed presidential
   candidate @MittRomney devoted the same energy and anger to defeating a
   faltering Barack Obama as he sanctimoniously does to me, he could have
   won the election. Read the Transcripts!"

     Had failed presidential candidate [1]@MittRomney devoted the same
     energy and anger to defeating a faltering Barack Obama as he
     sanctimoniously does to me, he could have won the election. Read the
     Transcripts!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]February 6, 2020

   Later, at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump
   singled out Romney for more derision, although not by name.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/MittRomney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1225288731235700737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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