Explaining why Mitt Romney really voted to convict Trump

[mystery-ak]

February 6, 2020
Explaining why Mitt Romney really voted to convict Trump
By Taylor Lewis

Mitt Romney didn't just shoot inside the Grand Old Party's tent by voting for one article of impeachment against President Trump.  The Utah senator became a heretic to the very people who once supported him, financially and electorally.

The vote for conviction goes beyond mere policy disagreement, such as the proper tax rate for depreciation recapture.  It goes beyond refusing to defend your party head.  What Romney did was lob a M67 into the center of the Republican Party, intended for everyone from Ted Cruz to Susan Collins to lifelong GOP member Ethel Grannysmith in Boca Raton, before retreating to the warm fastness of media approbation.

In some sense, Romney's yea for constitutional extraction wasn't a surprise.  Despite auditioning for the role of Foggy Bottom chief and petitioning for a presidential imprimatur for his Senate run, Romney hasn't been quiet about his disapproval of Trump.  He has openly denounced the president's behavior on more than one occasion, including calling Trump's actions on Ukraine "wrong and appalling" last fall.

Hating the president doesn't warrant impeachment.  So why did Romney join with Democrats to oust a popular leader in his party?

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[dfwgator]

To inoculate himself from investigation, lest Trump be accused of 'retribution'.

[rangerrebew]

I was around when his father, George, ruled Michigan.  Shall we say the acorn doesn't fall far from the democrat oak tree?

[rangerrebew]

To inoculate himself from investigation, lest Trump be accused of 'retribution'.

 

Yeah, democrats and rinos aren't real fond of investigations for some reason.  But aren't they the ones who questioned the Trump team with "if you have nothing to hide, why aren't you letting us investigate more?"

[libertybele]

"It's about the unconscionable act of voters: electing Donald Trump.  Mitt Romney regards the presidency as a rarefied space, where only the best, brightest, and most articulate men may enter"....

Good article, though it still doesn't explain why he voted guilty on one count and not guilty on the other.  It seems to me that he didn't want this to purely be a partisan vote as he is the only one on either side that voted against his own party and knew in doing so it wasn't going to affect the outcome.

[PeteS in CA]

Envy of Trump's success, bitterness at being himself defeated, not liking Trump's style.

[darroll]

Just a smidgen of arab blood.