{"id":1685864,"date":"2022-10-12T12:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1685864"},"modified":"2022-10-12T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:24:47","slug":"mike-lee-to-mitt-romney-if-you-dont-want-schumer-leading-the-senate-support-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-to-mitt-romney-if-you-dont-want-schumer-leading-the-senate-support-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Lee To Mitt Romney: If You Don\u2019t Want Schumer Leading The Senate, Support Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-lee-to-mitt-romney-if-you-dont-want-schumer-leading-the-senate-support-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1685864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee called on Sen. Mitt Romney, his GOP colleague who represents the same state in the upper chamber, to support his reelection campaign for the sake of the country on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lee faces a challenge from NeverTrump champion Evan McMullin, a self-proclaimed independent whom the Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/26\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed <\/a>as their Senate candidate this election cycle in lieu of nominating their own candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy opponent Evan McMullin is a Democrat running in disguise,\u201d Lee told Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night. Romney remains the sole Senate Republican who has refused to endorse Lee\u2019s bid for a third term. \u201cI don\u2019t think Mitt Romney wants Chuck Schumer to continue to be the Senate majority leader. If I\u2019m right on that, then he needs to get on board, because that\u2019s exactly what he will be producing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sen. Lee calls out Mitt Romney for remaining neutral: Help me win re-election\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2FRcggr3vtc\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In March, Romney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/03-8-2022\/another-round-of-jan-6-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Politico he would refrain from making an endorsement in his own state\u2019s Senate race because he considers McMullin and Lee \u201ctwo friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get involved in primaries and I don\u2019t endorse,\u201d said Romney, who days later attended a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/26\/mitt-romney-to-fundraise-for-liz-cheney-at-vaccine-mandated-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fundraiser<\/a> for Wyoming Rep. Liz\u00a0Cheney\u00a0in Virginia. Cheney ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/16\/wyoming-republicans-throw-liz-cheney-out-of-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost<\/a> her primary bid to attorney Harriet Hageman in August by an overwhelming margin of 37 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[ANALYSIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/18\/analysis-if-not-for-democrat-voters-cheneys-loss-would-have-been-even-more-devastating\/\">If Not For Democrat Voters, Cheney\u2019s Loss Would Have Been Even More Devastating<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McMullin, for all intents and purposes, is a Democrat, working to oust a reliable conservative from the Senate while branding Republican opposition as dangerous to democracy itself. McMullin even pledged his refusal to caucus with Republicans or Democrats on Capitol Hill if elected and is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/05\/mike-lee-opponent-evan-mcmullin-embraces-left-wing-abortion-activism-denounces-pro-life-repeal-of-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">running<\/a> as a pro-abortion radical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to maintain my independence in order to represent this coalition I\u2019m building \u2014 I\u2019ve asked the Democrats to join me, I\u2019ve asked Romney Republicans to join me, independents, the United Utah Party, and they are, they\u2019re joining this coalition,\u201d McMullin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/meetthepressblog\/mcmullin-stresses-independence-says-wont-caucus-either-party-wins-utah-rcna37076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> NBC News in July.<\/p>\n<p>Refusal to caucus with either party then calls into question McMullin\u2019s prospective ability to effectively advocate for constituents of a large Western state where nearly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sgp.fas.org\/crs\/misc\/R42346.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-thirds<\/a>\u00a0of its land is under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Even independent Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine caucus with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Republicans on Capitol Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/29\/gop-senators-baffled-by-mitt-romneys-ploy-to-oust-mike-lee-and-maybe-thwart-a-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> The Federalist that lawmakers are increasingly worried about Romney\u2019s lack of support for Lee, which could tip the Senate in Democrats\u2019 favor with Schumer landing another term as majority leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect [Romney], and I understand that each state has its own dynamics, but I do not understand why he is remaining neutral,\u201d said one senator, who asked not to be identified. \u201cWhatever our differences, we all try to support each other around election time.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee called on Sen. Mitt Romney, his GOP colleague who represents the same state in the upper chamber, to support his reelection campaign for the sake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1685872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1685864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1685864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1685864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1685864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1685864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}