Profile in Courage: Mitt Romney Voted to Convict Trump

"The great question the Constitution tasks Senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor.

Yes, he did.

The president asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival. The president withheld vital military funds from that government to press it to do so. The president delayed funds for an American ally at war with Russian invaders. The president’s purpose was personal and political. Accordingly, the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.

What he did was not “perfect.” No, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security, and our fundamental values.

Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine. It’s what autocrats do." 

- Mitt Romney      Feb 5, 2020

What we teach in resistance courses -- real resistance, not hashtag resistance -- is that calibrated acts of defiance build morale for the populace, and have a vital psychological value.

Pelosi. Romney.

Acts of defiance.

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) February 5, 2020

In 1896 Justice Harlan was the only justice to vote against Plessy v Ferguson. But his lone dissent gave a basis to build the argument that won in Brown v Board.

— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) February 5, 2020

Thank you for your courage

@MittRomney

for your vote to convict Trump!