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SHARE Divisions in the US Republican Party were on show again at the weekend, when Senator Mitt Romney was booed at an event in Utah over his votes to impeach former president Donald Trump. As Mr Romney took the stage at a state party convention of about 2,100 people in West Valley City, delegates shouted that he was a “traitor” and a “communist”. It was the latest example of tension among Republicans over the party’s direction after last year’s electoral defeat of Mr Trump, who remains popular among conservatives. Mr Romney, a former presidential nominee, was the only Republican ...

Utah Republicans’ bid to censure Sen. Mitt Romney for Trump impeachment votes fails Updated 8:30 PM; Today 8:30 PM Sen. Mitt Romney addresses the Utah Republican Party 2021 Organizing Convention Saturday, May 1, 2021, in West Valley City, Utah. Romney was booed as he addressed the Utah GOP convention. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP Facebook Share Utah Republicans booed Sen. Mitt Romney but ultimately rejected a motion to censure him Saturday for his votes at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials. The measure narrowly failed, 798 to 711, in a vote by delegates to the state GOP convention...

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Susan Collins called out on Sunday a group of Republicans in Utah for booing fellow centrist Senator Mitt Romney during a GOP convention in his home state Saturday.

May 2, 2021 10:57 a.m. The Utah Republican Party’s resolution to censure Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) for his votes to convict former President Trump failed during the party’s organizing convention after the senator was booed at the event. The vote narrowly failed 711-798, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Romney was greeted with a chorus of boos by the more than 2,100 Republican delegates that attended the party’s state convention. “Now you know me as a person who says what he thinks, and I don’t hide the fact that I wasn’t a fan of our last President’s charac...