GOP senators reject punishing Romney for impeachment vote
By Jordain Carney - 02/05/20 04:46 PM EST
Republican senators quickly shot down talk of punishing Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) after the party's 2012 presidential nominee voted to convict President Trump on the first article of impeachment, abuse of power.
Romney announced shortly before the votes on the House-passed articles that he would be the only GOP senator to move to convict Trump, saying the president was "guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust."
Hs decision sparked an immediate backlash from from top Trump allies, including Donald Trump Jr., who publicly called for Romney to “be expelled" from the Republican Party.
But that demand, or a formal punishment from within the caucus, was quickly ruled out by Romney's GOP colleagues.
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