Then President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as Mitt Romney walks out after a meeting at the ... [+] Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster Township, N.J. in 2016. Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) called Romney a “sore loser.”Ex-Trump White House assistant Sebastian Gorka confirmed via Twitter that he called the Utah senator a “skirt-wearing little pajama boy Millennial snowflake,” while conservative pundit Anne Coulter said Romney was “a useful idiot” for Democrats. Key background: By voting to convict Trump on one of his two charges of impeachment, Mitt Romney made history, even though he knew it would make him unpopular in Congress and across the country. What we don’t know: Will it impact Romney in Utah? Tangent: A Utah lawmaker has a bill to let Utah residents recall U.S. senators, which has received a surge of attention since Romney’s Wednesday vote.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2020 20:26 UTC