Speaking at a Washington Post forum on climate change and the prospects for bipartisan cooperation that was broadcast on CSPAN2, Romney was asked by the Post's Leigh Ann Caldwell if he would support Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Sen. Mitt Romney speaks with reporters after leaving the Senate floor after voting yes a procedural vote on federal legislation protecting same-sex marriages, at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. Speaking at a Washington Post forum on climate change and the prospects for bipartisan cooperation
“Look, I voted to remove him from office twice,” Romney said, to laughter, in reference to his votes to impeach and convict the former president. In January 2020, Romney was the only Republican senator to join Democrats in voting to convict Trump for abuse of power, the first article in his first impeachment trial, after Trump withheld congressionally approved aid to Ukraine. Trump was trying to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into opening an investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, whose presidential campaign Trump wanted to undermine.
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