Then-Governor Mitt Romney with campaign aide Mike Norris, after campaign rally in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo: Michael Norris/Wikipedia Commons)
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced that he will vote to support President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee despite Americans already casting ballots to replace him. It's something that many found remarkable because Romney just voted earlier this year to remove Trump from office, but he now he believes it is appropriate for another judge to be fast-tracked through the senate.
While Romney does have a history of loving conservative judges, he doesn't have a good history with Trump as he's been one of few Republicans to hold Trump accountable for moral and ethical failings. However, like Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Romney has refused to do anything about his "concerns."
It's one of many reasons he was shredded on Twitter after the announcement.
You can read the anger and frustration in the tweets below:
Mitt Romney is the Lindsey Graham of Marco Rubios— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1600783555.0
American women just became the dog on Mitt Romney's car roof.— Untucked with Jeremy Newberger (@Untucked with Jeremy Newberger) 1600783416.0
Dear @SenatorRomney @MittRomney: How can you vote to confirm a Supreme Court Nominee made by a man that you deemed… https://t.co/ouRMRrpFgN— Amee Vanderpool (@Amee Vanderpool) 1600784010.0
BREAKING: Mitt Romney supports having a vote on RBG’s seat before the election, because he’s just as awful as we always knew he was.— Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin) 1600783393.0
Romney voted to throw Trump out of office but thinks he should still get to put someone on the court. Mitt has one… https://t.co/p5pTiupTrr— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko) 1600783040.0
So, Mit Romney thinks the president committed high crimes and should be removed from office, but should get to repl… https://t.co/icSziO99Xi— George Takei (@George Takei) 1600784746.0
"We can probably count on Mitt Romney!" The lie detector test proves....that was a lie. It's fine. WE FIGHT ON AN… https://t.co/8gla4jp64M— brittany packnett cunningham is sleepy. (@brittany packnett cunningham is sleepy.) 1600783429.0
Romney didn’t have the balls to come out for fairness and decency. He wanted to be the hero and the fourth vote.… https://t.co/euzDUS8Usw— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈) 1600783153.0
No one has done more to mainstream and legitimize Trump than Mitt Romney. In 2012, when Romney has clinched the G… https://t.co/tMYuwqPF2M— Judd Legum (@Judd Legum) 1600783798.0
Mitt Romney says the impeached president that he voted to convict and remove from office for high crimes and misdem… https://t.co/t8JK12DeCf— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1600783419.0
The big pro-life victory comes on top of a mountain of American deaths. But still worth it for Romney et al. Still worth it.— Chris Hayes (@Chris Hayes) 1600783870.0
“Look, Trump is a criminal but I will pluck out my own spine and float around like a jellyfish for eternity if it m… https://t.co/4y51784Q21— Laura Bassett (@Laura Bassett) 1600784094.0
Mitt Romney thinks that President Trump is guilty of offenses so grievous as to merit removal from office, but he a… https://t.co/8ztGEf3dZg— Robert Maguire (@Robert Maguire) 1600784153.0
Can we please stop pandering to supposed "white moderates" like Mitt Romney when it's always clear that their real… https://t.co/GBqol1Ry0D— Jemele Hill (@Jemele Hill) 1600784419.0
lets not ever hold up fuckin mitt romney as any sort of 'conscience of the republican party' he is just another com… https://t.co/oikIbv3Cb5— darth™ (@darth™) 1600783137.0
In a single year, Mitt Romney has voted to remove Trump from office and guaranteed him the most important Supreme C… https://t.co/554b6PHW3M— Kyle Cheney (@Kyle Cheney) 1600783232.0
BREAKING: Mitt Romney supports a vote on trump's Supreme Court pick. Stop giving that weak ass MF credit. SERIOUSLY.— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1600784365.0
Really, Romney?? Smh. Terribly disappointing but not shocking. https://t.co/dmXeLawALv— Tara Setmayer (@Tara Setmayer) 1600784464.0
.@MittRomney announcing that he is another weak kneed man afraid of trump insults and using the same tortured logic… https://t.co/GLneBlNHiP— Fred Guttenberg (@Fred Guttenberg) 1600783491.0
Fuck Mitt Romney. Can’t say Black Lives Matter @SenatorRomney and then make the move to install a court that will l… https://t.co/q0w80cJ7ZB— Dr. Crunk (@Dr. Crunk) 1600784518.0
Don’t know why people are surprised by this. Romney represents Utah. No way in hell would Utah voters tolerate him… https://t.co/1FUmFqzeIg— Matt Walsh (@Matt Walsh) 1600784504.0
i mean... if you were relying on mitt romney to save you, you were always going to have a bad time.— Oliver Willis (@Oliver Willis) 1600783102.0
Mitt Romney is a Republican what were u expecting— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1600784570.0
So Mitt Romney thinks the current @potus is such a parasitic cur that he should be expelled from office, but also t… https://t.co/9mZKP0yZpE— Dave Zirin (@Dave Zirin) 1600783186.0
Romney chanted black lives matter but will vote for Trump justice who will assuredly roll back every major civil rights law— Ari Berman (@Ari Berman) 1600784689.0
@SenatorRomney Mitt Romney: Donald Trump committed high crimes & misdemeanors and should be removed from office imm… https://t.co/quv0x6JNWg— Paul 👻 (@Paul 👻) 1600784577.0
Mitt Romney is one of the least consistent individuals I have ever seen-the fact that he uses his faith as an excus… https://t.co/lMolGPRE8E— Amee Vanderpool (@Amee Vanderpool) 1600784767.0
Let it be known that we’ve been saying it all along that Mitt Romney was never a good, decent or frankly principled… https://t.co/gODkWqqXV6— Ricky Davila (@Ricky Davila) 1600784755.0
Mitt Romney voted to impeach Donald Trump, and now he supports voting for a Trump appointed nominee for the Supreme… https://t.co/3hhiwlhSX7— Hamish Mitchell (@Hamish Mitchell) 1600784174.0
Everyone: Mitt Romney is not being "weak." He's not doing something that he'd rather not. He and men like him ha… https://t.co/fhZ4PC5nBg— Michelangelo Signorile (@Michelangelo Signorile) 1600784686.0
