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November 8, 2020

Romney says Trump should 'follow every legal option he has,' but choose words 'carefully'

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, has no problem with President Trump challenging the 2020 election results in court, but said that he should tone down his public rhetoric.

November 7, 2020

Romney is first GOP senator to congratulate Biden on winning presidential race

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney became the first GOP senator to congratulate Joe Biden on his win. 

October 26, 2020

Romney praises Supreme Court nominee Barrett's 'integrity,' slams 'division and contempt for others' in US

Sen. Mitt Romney, who was originally seen as a potential swing vote on Senate Republicans' efforts to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, made brief comments on the Senate floor Monday morning supporting the woman who will likely be confirmed as Ginsburg's successor Monday night: Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

October 13, 2020

Romney rips Trump, Pelosi, Keith Olbermann, says politics now ‘a vile, vituperative, hate-filled morass'

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah is stressing that the country’s politics has “moved away from the spirited debate to a vile, vituperative, hate-filled morass that is unbecoming of any free nation.”

September 26, 2020

Trump heads to Pennsylvania for the second time in a week: What's at stake

President Trump is in Pennsylvania on Saturday for the second time in a week, in an effort to court some of the same rural and White working-class voters who supported him four years ago.

September 24, 2020

Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney respond to Trump's peaceful transfer of power remarks

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, called President Trump's response to a question about peacefully transferring power after the election "unthinkable."

September 22, 2020

Mitt Romney says he supports moving ahead with Trump Supreme Court nominee

The senator, who voted to remove Trump from office earlier this year, said he would evaluate a Trump nominee based on her qualifications.

September 21, 2020

Romney keeping quiet on SCOTUS vacancy as confirmation fight looms

An aide for Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, told Fox News on Monday that he'll likely wait until the GOP Senate caucus convenes before he shares his position on the Supreme Court vacancy left open last week, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

September 19, 2020

Ginsburg vacancy puts pressure on Trump-critic Republicans in Senate

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death Friday has put a spotlight on a handful of unpredictable Republican senators.

September 16, 2020

Romney slams Burisma, Hunter Biden probe as 'political exercise'

Sen. Mitt Romney on Wednesday slammed the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s role on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, saying it is “not the legitimate role of government” to work to “damage political opponents.”