U.S. SENATOR MITT ROMNEY: A TRUE PATRIOT WHO PUT HIS OATH, AND DUTY TO COUNTRY FIRST. THE ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO IS NOT A SYCOPHANTIC FASCIST, BOWING AND SCRAPING BEFORE THEIR BUFFOONISH MASTER.

Mitt Romney voted to convict President Trump of abuse of power

Republican Senator Mitt Romney voted on Wednesday to remove President Trump on the grounds of abuse of power. In doing so, Romney became the first senator in US history to vote to convict a president of their own party in an impeachment trial.

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Kirsten Gillibrand

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Thank you

@MittRomney

for rising to this moment, for choosing to vote your conscience, and for doing what you know in your heart to be right.

Elizabeth Warren

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"Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine." I agree,

@MittRomney

. Voting to convict this president is an act of patriotism. Thank you for yours.

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Amy Klobuchar

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Thank you,

@MittRomney

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ABC News

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Sen. Mitt Romney says he knows he will receive brutal criticism for his vote: "Does anyone seriously believe that I would consent to these consequences, other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me?" http://abcn.ws/2SjDG5z

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