Letter: Romney did what he was elected to do
(J. Scott Applewhite | AP file photo) Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, talks to a reporter outside the Senate chamber during a break in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.
I do not agree with Mitt Romney’s vote to convict President Donald Trump. Voting to remove him from office is not a view I believe most Utahns, including myself, condone.
It is detrimental to the Republican Party by making this sham impeachment marginally bipartisan. It is beyond me how he came to the conclusion to be the only Republican out of roughly 250 Republicans in the House and Senate to vote against the president’s actions.
It is his prerogative to come to a conclusion for himself. I think this conclusion was without personal malice against Trump. It also was not to be viewed as a hero by Democrats. He assimilated the facts, weighed his options and came to a conclusion. That is what he was elected to do, and should not be seen as a villain.
Though this decision may be erroneous, both morally and politically, Romney should not be seen as a traitor.
Seth Anderson, Bountiful
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