Ex-Tea Party rep slams Mitt Romney for 'playing both sides' on Trump support

On Wednesday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) — the only Republican senator to vote to convict President Donald Trump for abuse of power — told reporters he is "confident" that Republicans will stay in power, and the president will be elected to another term.

Romney's seeming unwillingness to break entirely with his party earned him an exasperated rebuke from former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a longtime critic of the president from the right: