Mitt Romney

====Second impeachment of Donald Trump (2021)====
{{main|Second impeachment of Donald Trump}}

On January 13, 2021, the House voted to [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeach Trump a second time]] for incitement of insurrection.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fandos|first1=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Fandos|title=Trump Impeached for Inciting Insurrection|website=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited|access-date=January 29, 2021|date=January 13, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On January 26, Republican senator [[Rand Paul]] of [[Kentucky]] introduced a motion to dismiss the impeachment charge. The objection was defeated on a 55–45 vote; Romney was one of the five Republicans to vote against it, along with [[Susan Collins]], [[Lisa Murkowski]], [[Ben Sasse]] and [[Pat Toomey]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicholas|last=Fandos|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/26/us/biden-trump-impeachment#impeachment-charge-senate|title=Republicans vote en masse against trying Trump, signaling he is likely to be acquitted of the impeachment charge|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 26, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>

On February 13, 2021, Romney and five other Republican senators voted to allow other witnesses in the impeachment trial. Republican senator and Trump ally [[Ron Johnson]], who was "visibly upset", got in a heated exchange with Romney for his vote, saying, "We never should've had this impeachment trial."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/johnson-romney-impeachment-witnesses-468991|title='Blame you': Johnson and Romney get heated after vote for impeachment witnesses|website=[[Politico]]|first=Ben|last=Leonard|date=February 13, 2021| access-date= February 13, 2021}}</ref> Later that day Romney voted to convict Trump for the second time along with six of his Republican colleagues. The final vote was 57 to convict and 43 to acquit. He wrote a statement that read in part:
{{blockquote|President Trump attempted to corrupt the election by pressuring the [[Brad Raffensperger|Secretary of State of Georgia]] to falsify the election results in his state. President Trump incited the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|insurrection against Congress]] by using the power of his office to summon his supporters to Washington on January 6th and urging them to march on the Capitol during the counting of electoral votes. He did this despite the obvious and well known threats of violence that day. President Trump also violated his oath of office by failing to protect the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]], the [[Vice President]], and others in the Capitol. Each and every one of these conclusions compels me to support conviction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-statement-impeachment-vote|title= Romney Statement on Impeachment Vote|website=romney.senate.gov|date= February 13, 2021|access-date= February 13, 2021}}</ref>}}