President’s son made remark after Romney said he would vote to convict Donald Trump on first article of impeachment
Donald Trump Jr has called for Mitt Romney to be expelled from the Republican party after the senator announced he would vote to convict the president on the first article of impeachment, abuse of power.
In a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Romney said he would vote to convict Donald Trump on the first article, becoming the first senator in US history to vote to remove a president of his own party in a Senate impeachment trial.
“The grave question the constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor,” Romney said in a speech to the Senate floor. “Yes, he did.”
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/05/mitt-romney-trump-impeachment-vote-republicans-reaction