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Mitt Romney Announces that He Will Vote to Convict Trump on the Abuse of Power Article
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U.S. Senate
Name: U.S. Senate
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Mitt Romney
Name: Mitt Romney
Employment: Republican Party
Position: Former Presidential Candidate, Former Governor of Massachusetts
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U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
Name: U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
URL: http://www.senate.gov/
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02/05/2020 03:11 pm
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ROMNEY The President withheld ░░░░░░░░ military funds from that ░░░░░░░░ to press them to ░░░░░░░░ so The President delayed ░░░░░░░░ for an American ally ░░░░░░░░ war with Russian invaders ░░░░░░░░ President s purpose was ░░░░░░░░ and political Accordingly the ░░░░░░░░ is guilty of an ░░░░░░░░ abuse of public trust ░░░░░░░░ he did was not ░░░░░░░░ No it was a ░░░░░░░░ assault under electoral rights ░░░░░░░░ national security and our ░░░░░░░░ values Corrupting an election ░░░░░░░░ keep oneself in office ░░░░░░░░ perhaps the most abusive ░░░░░░░░ destructive violation of one ░░░░░░░░ oath of office that ░░░░░░░░ can imagine In the ░░░░░░░░ several weeks I ve ░░░░░░░░ numerous calls and texts ░░░░░░░░ demanded in their words ░░░░░░░░ I stand with the ░░░░░░░░ I can assure you ░░░░░░░░ that thought has been ░░░░░░░░ much on my mind ░░░░░░░░ see I support a ░░░░░░░░ deal of what the ░░░░░░░░ has done I voted ░░░░░░░░ him 80 of the ░░░░░░░░ But my promise before ░░░░░░░░ to apply impartial justice ░░░░░░░░ that I put my ░░░░░░░░ feelings and political biases ░░░░░░░░ Were I to ignore ░░░░░░░░ evidence that has been ░░░░░░░░ and disregard what I ░░░░░░░░ my oath and the ░░░░░░░░ demands of me for ░░░░░░░░ sake of a partisan ░░░░░░░░ it would I fear ░░░░░░░░ my character to history ░░░░░░░░ rebuke and the censure ░░░░░░░░ my own conscience I ░░░░░░░░ aware that there are ░░░░░░░░ in my party and ░░░░░░░░ my state who will ░░░░░░░░ disapprove of my decision ░░░░░░░░ in some quarters I ░░░░░░░░ be vehemently denounced I ░░░░░░░░ sure to hear abuse ░░░░░░░░ the President and his ░░░░░░░░ Does anyone seriously believe ░░░░░░░░ I would consent to ░░░░░░░░ consequences other than from ░░░░░░░░ inescapable conviction that my ░░░░░░░░ before God demanded of ░░░░░░░░ I sought to hear ░░░░░░░░ from John Bolton not ░░░░░░░░ because I believed he ░░░░░░░░ add context to the ░░░░░░░░ but also because I ░░░░░░░░ that what he might ░░░░░░░░ could raise reasonable doubt ░░░░░░░░ thus remove from me ░░░░░░░░ awful obligation to vote ░░░░░░░░ impeachment Like each member ░░░░░░░░ this deliberative body I ░░░░░░░░ our country I believe ░░░░░░░░ our Constitution was inspired ░░░░░░░░ providence I m convinced ░░░░░░░░ freedom itself is dependent ░░░░░░░░ the strength and vitality ░░░░░░░░ our national character As ░░░░░░░░ is with each senator ░░░░░░░░ vote is an act ░░░░░░░░ conviction We ve come ░░░░░░░░ different conclusions fellow senators ░░░░░░░░ I trust we have ░░░░░░░░ followed the dictates of ░░░░░░░░ conscience I acknowledge that ░░░░░░░░ verdict will not remove ░░░░░░░░ president from office The ░░░░░░░░ of this Senate court ░░░░░░░░ in fact be appealed ░░░░░░░░ a higher court the ░░░░░░░░ of the American people ░░░░░░░░ will make the final ░░░░░░░░ just as the President ░░░░░░░░ lawyers have implored My ░░░░░░░░ will likely be in ░░░░░░░░ minority in the Senate ░░░░░░░░ irrespective of these things ░░░░░░░░ my vote I will ░░░░░░░░ my children their children ░░░░░░░░ I did my duty ░░░░░░░░ the best of my ░░░░░░░░ believing that my country ░░░░░░░░ it of me I ░░░░░░░░ only be one name ░░░░░░░░ many no more no ░░░░░░░░ to future generations of ░░░░░░░░ who look at the ░░░░░░░░ of this trial They ░░░░░░░░ note merely that I ░░░░░░░░ among the senators who ░░░░░░░░ that what the president ░░░░░░░░ was wrong grievously wrong ░░░░░░░░ are all footnotes at ░░░░░░░░ in the annals of ░░░░░░░░ but in the most ░░░░░░░░ nation on Earth the ░░░░░░░░ conceived in liberty and ░░░░░░░░ that distinction is enough ░░░░░░░░ any citizen Thank you ░░░░░░░░ President I yield the ░░░░░░░░
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