April 17, 2020 | 8: 54 am
Sen. Mitt Romney– the sole Republican politician who voted to convict President Trump in his impeachment trial– was the only GOP senator not chosen to be on the congressional job force developed by the White House to study the resuming of parts of the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The “Opening Up American Again Congressional Group” includes nearly 70 senators, consisting of a lots Democrats and all 52 of the Utah lawmaker’s Republican associates in the upper chamber.
A spokeswoman for Romney validated to The Hill that the senator was not welcomed to participate in the task force.
Romney likewise was not consisted of on a call on Thursday in which Trump consulted with senators of both parties about the coronavirus, a senior administration authorities told U.S.A. Today.
Inquired About why Romney was not invited, the official just said, “He wasn’t welcomed.”
Romney, the GOP’s nominee for president in 2012, has been a frequent critic of the president, who has calling him a “pompous ass” in a tweet after the senator criticized him for urging foreign leaders to examine previous Vice President Joe Biden.
He was the only GOP senator to vote to convict Trump of abuse of power, however the bad blood in between the two goes back years.
The senator was vital of Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary– and Trump blasted Romney as “among the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics.”
