Mitt Romney

====2021 U.S. Capitol attack====
{{Main|January 6 United States Capitol attack}}
[[File:Senator Mitt Romney pays tribute to Officer Brian Sicknick.jpg|thumb|Romney pays tribute to Officer [[Death of Brian Sicknick|Brian Sicknick]].]]
On the morning of January 5, 2021, Romney was heckled and harassed at [[Salt Lake City International Airport|the airport]] on his way to [[Washington, D.C.]], to certify [[2020 United States Presidential election|Joe Biden's election win]] in the Senate. Cellphone footage of the incident showed Trump supporters accusing Romney of not supporting Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, and chanting "Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!" as Romney boarded his flight.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump supporters accost Mitt Romney on a plane and call him a 'traitor' for refusing to back the president's efforts to overturn the election |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supporters-accost-romney-airport-plane-fraud-claims-video-2021-1 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-06/romney-heckled-in-airport-in-another-show-of-gop-divisions|title= Romney Heckled in Airport in Another Show of GOP Divisions|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date= January 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/romney-harass-heckle-airport-salt-lake-city-flight-electoral-college-certification.html|title= Trump Supporters Heckle Mitt Romney on Flight to D.C. for Electoral College Certification|website= Slate.com|access-date= January 8, 2020}}</ref>

On the morning of January 6, protesters assembled at the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack#January 6 Trump rally|"Save America" rally]] on [[the Ellipse]], where Trump, [[Donald Trump Jr.]], [[Rudy Giuliani]], and several members of Congress addressed the crowd fueling the conspiracy theories about election fraud.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/seeks-prevent-certification-election-trump-plans-attend-dc/story?id=75042176 | title=As he seeks to prevent certification of election, Trump plans to attend DC rally | publisher=ABA News | first1=Katherine| last1=Faulders|first2=John |last2=Santucci | date=January 5, 2020 | access-date=January 7, 2021 | archive-date=January 7, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107164258/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/seeks-prevent-certification-election-trump-plans-attend-dc/story?id=75042176 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/photos-trump-rallies-crowds-of-supporters-in-nations-capital/2531368/ | title=Trump Supporters Gather, President Incites Chaos in DC | publisher=NBC | first=Anisa |last=Holmes | date=January 6, 2020 | access-date=January 7, 2021 | archive-date=January 7, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107164256/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/photos-trump-rallies-crowds-of-supporters-in-nations-capital/2531368/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>President [[Donald Trump]], {{YouTube|tRKRW-4Dt3s|ABC News Prime: Call for Trump's removal, Capitol Hill security failure, Global reaction to riots}}, [[ABC News]], January 8, 2021, minutes 10:55–11:06.</ref> Trump said, "We will never give up, we will never concede. You don't concede when there's theft", and encouraged his supporters to "fight like hell" to "take back our country" and to march to the Capitol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/06/georgia-election-latest-news-senate-ossoff-warnock-democrats-republicans-trump-biden |title=Schumer calls pro-Trump mob 'domestic terrorists' as Senate resumes election certification – live |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tom |last2=Ho |first2=Vivian |last3=Greve |first3=Joan E.|date=January 7, 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106230506/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/06/georgia-election-latest-news-senate-ossoff-warnock-democrats-republicans-trump-biden|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that day, while the Senate was in session certifying the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count]] within the [[United States Capitol]], hundreds of Trump supporters violently [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attacked the Capitol]], where they looted senators' offices and broke into the [[United States Senate|chamber of the United States Senate]]. Police evacuated the senators and [[Vice President Mike Pence]] to an undisclosed area. As they were evacuating Romney, he yelled at [[Ted Cruz]] and other Republican congressmen, "This is what you've gotten, guys!"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/trump-supporters-storm-the-us-capitol-washington-dc|title= Trump supporters storm the US Capitol|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date= January 7, 2020}}</ref> According to ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter [[Jonathan Martin (journalist)|Jonathan Martin]], Romney told him with "fury in his voice", "{{em|This}} is what the president has caused today, this insurrection!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/532955-romney-trump-caused-this-insurrection/|title= Romney: Trump caused 'this insurrection'|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date= January 7, 2020}}</ref> Romney fully rebuked Trump, and condemned the actions of the domestic terrorists. Romney stated on the Senate floor later that night, when Congress had reconvened:
{{blockquote|We gather today due to a selfish man's injured pride and the outrage of his supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning{{nbsp}}... Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a legitimate, democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy{{nbsp}}... They will be remembered for their role in this shameful episode in American history. That will be their legacy…The best way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the ''truth''! That is the burden, and the duty, of leadership. The truth is that President-elect Biden won the election. President Trump lost. I've had that experience myself. It's no fun.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/mitt-romney-rips-pro-trump-insurrection-condemns-colleagues-attempts-overturn-election-1559518|title= Mitt Romney Rips Pro-Trump 'Insurrection,' Condemns Colleagues' Attempts to Overturn Election|website=[[Newsweek]]|access-date= January 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/07/mitt-romney-riot-violence-reaction-capitol-certification-sot-vpx.cnn|title= Sen. Romney: This was 'an insurrection incited by the President'|website=[[CNN]]|access-date= January 7, 2020}}</ref>}}On February 10, 2021, new video was released during [[second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|Trump's second impeachment trial]] that showed capitol police officer [[Eugene Goodman (police officer)|Eugene Goodman]] saving Romney from running into the Capitol rioters.<ref>{{cite news |last=McLeod |first=Paul |date=February 10, 2021 |title=New Impeachment Video Shows Officer Eugene Goodman Saving Mitt Romney From Running Into Capitol Rioters |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/impeachment-video-eugene-goodman-mitt-romney-pence |access-date=February 12, 2021 |work=[[BuzzFeed News]]}}</ref> During a break in the hearing, Romney said, "It was very troubling seeing the great violence the capitol police were subjected to. It tears at your heart and brings tears to your eyes. It was overwhelmingly distressing and emotional." Romney also said he didn't know how close he was and didn't know it had been Goodman who diverted him away from the rioters, but that he looked forward to thanking Goodman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Live: Day 2 of the Second Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVJnqRvCj90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211005226/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVJnqRvCj90 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2021 |website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>

On May 27, 2021, along with five other Republicans and all present Democrats, Romney voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack. The vote failed for lack of 60 required "yes" votes.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/28/republican-senators-torpedo-jan-6-commission/ Republican senators torpedo Jan. 6 commission], ''[[Roll Call]]'',  Chris Marquette, May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref>