A resolution to censure Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) over his votes to convict then-President Donald Trump during his two impeachment trials narrowly failed during a vote among Utah Republicans on Saturday. The measure failed 711-798 in a vote of delegates to the Utah Republican Party organizing convention that’s being held this weekend near Salt Lake City. Romney was one of seven Republicans in February to vote to convict Trump of inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. But Trump was once again acquitted after Democrats failed to secure the two-thirds of votes that were needed to remove him from office. Collins on Sunday said she was “appalled” that Romney was booed and nearly censured a day earlier at the Utah GOP convention.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2021 15:11 UTC