WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney is having a homecoming moment.The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee incensed President Donald Trump and Republicans with his impeachment vote.
But on Tuesday he cleared the way for his party to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday at age 87, overcoming Democratic objections that it's too close to the Nov.
3 election to consider a nominee.By lunchtime Tuesday, “#HesaRepublican" was trending on Twitter.Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, has never run as anything but a Republican.
But his loyalty to the GOP under Trump's control has long been questioned and mocked by the president and his supporters. Romney, in turn, has called Trump unfit to serve.