SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney says politicians attacking the vote by mail system are threatening global democracy. He stopped short of criticizing President Donald Trump, who has been openly against an expected surge of mail-in ballots. Romney said Friday that the United States must stand as an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney is the latest prominent Republican to cast doubt on his support for President Donald Trump’s reelection. The Utah senator and 2012 GOP presidential nominee said Monday that he would “stay quiet” about whether he’ll back another candidate. His open acknowledgment of hesitance in supporting Trump […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney marched Sunday in the nation’s capital in a protest against police mistreatment of minorities, making him the first Republican senator known to do so. Romney, who represents Utah, posted a tweet showing him wearing a mask as he walked with Black Lives Matter […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney and Utah state leaders have criticized a large gathering of family and friends who converged at Salt Lake City’s airport to welcome home missionaries even though people are supposed to be keep their distance to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Photos and videos […]
On Monday, March 16, Sen. Mitt Romney held a conference call with news sources about the coronavirus. In that call, he shared a four-part strategy being considered in Washington to help people throughout the country deal with the healthcare and economic difficulties caused by the spread of the virus. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is proposing one-time $1,000 checks for every American adult. This comes amid the shutdown of bars, restaurants and resorts in many places in Utah and the rest of the country. Salt Lake County restaurants will close to diners late Monday, though […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have sent President Donald Trump an official letter of commendation after rejecting efforts to formerly rebuke Mitt Romney following the senator’s vote to impeach him. The citation released Thursday by Republican leaders commends Trump for repealing “onerous” federal regulations, reducing the size of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has drawn several thousand people to a speech in Salt Lake City where he complimented Mitt Romney and unveiled another local endorsement. The Deseret News reports Buttigieg on Monday praised the senator for being “more concerned with his relationship with […]
Utah lawmakers said Tuesday they won’t consider proposals to censure or recall U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney. The decision comes after a wave of conservative anger over his vote to convict President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial. State leaders will instead back a public statement expressing appreciation for Trump and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he does not support a state lawmaker’s push to censure U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney over his vote to convict in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Herbert said in a statement Friday Romney voted in accordance with his conscience after […]
