{"id":463983,"date":"2021-05-02T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T14:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=463983"},"modified":"2021-05-02T10:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T14:20:33","slug":"utah-republicans-boo-sen-mitt-romney-at-state-convention-move-to-censure-fails-narrowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-republicans-boo-sen-mitt-romney-at-state-convention-move-to-censure-fails-narrowly\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Republicans Boo Sen. Mitt Romney At State Convention; Move To Censure Fails Narrowly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Futah-republicans-boo-sen-mitt-romney-at-state-convention-move-to-censure-fails-narrowly%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=463983&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mitt-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican delegates booed Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Saturday over his two impeachment votes against former President Donald Trump, with some calling him a \u201ctraitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romney appeared to address his party\u2019s 2021 state convention, but the boos rained down on him just as he walked onto the stage. But the 2012 presidential loser quickly turned the tables on his detractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAren\u2019t you embarrassed?\u201d Romney said as he stood on the stage at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, The Salt Lake Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/05\/01\/mitt-romney-booed-raucous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He went on to defend himself to the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a man who says what he means, and you know I was not a fan of our last president\u2019s character issues,\u201d said Romney, the only Republican senator to vote to convict Trump in his first impeachment trial and one of seven to vote to convict after a second impeachment trial the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates were unimpressed, with some shouting \u201ctraitor\u201d and \u201ccommunist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Romney, 74, fired back. \u201cYou can boo all you like,\u201d the former governor of Massachusetts said. \u201cI\u2019ve been a Republican all of my life. My dad was the governor of Michigan and I was the Republican nominee for president in 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah, I understand that I have a few folks that don\u2019t like me terribly much and I\u2019m sorry about that. But I express my mind as I believe is right and I follow my conscience as I believe is right,\u201d\u00a0 Romney added.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the convention, delegates moved to censure Romney for his actions, but the effort narrowly failed, with a final vote on the motion with 798 for and 711 against.<\/p>\n<p>One convention delegate, Salt Lake County delegate Emily de Azavedo Brown, said they delivered a message to Romney. \u201cIf the point of all this is to let Mitt Romney know we\u2019re displeased with him, trust me, he knows,\u201d he said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9533985\/Senator-Mitt-Romney-BOOED-delegates-Utah-GOP-convention-voting-impeach-Trump.html\">according<\/a> to The Daily Mail. \u201cLet\u2019s not turn this into a Trump or no Trump thing. Are we a party of principle or a party of a person?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utah\u2019s Republican Governor, Spencer Cox, also drew boos when he took the stage, with many upset over strict COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know some of you hate me for some of the decisions I had to make,\u201d Cox said. \u201cBut I want to point out that some of you haven\u2019t been paying attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox went on to defend his actions, saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve also had zero restrictions on religious gatherings since October, and after this school year ends, there won\u2019t be any more masks in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Mike Lee, another Republican, was cheered when he addressed the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Lee ripped Democrats for twice impeaching Trump and praised the Founding Fathers for laying down a sound foundation. But Lee said of Democrats, \u201cTheir whole agenda is wrapped up around one idea: unquestionable trust in government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some truths we can never betray,\u201d Lee told the convention attendees. \u201cWe are the stewards of our own destiny.\u201d Lee said President Joe Biden does not agree, seeking to increase government power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants us dependent on government,\u201d Lee said, adding that Biden wants \u201cto extend lockdowns. We want to end them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican delegates booed Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Saturday over his two impeachment votes against former President Donald Trump, with some calling him a \u201ctraitor.\u201dRomney appeared to address his party\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277160,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mitt-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Utah Republicans Boo Sen. Mitt Romney At State Convention; Move To Censure Fails Narrowly","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mitt-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Utah Republicans Boo Sen. 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