Sen. Mitt Romney gets booed at raucous Utah GOP convention

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Sen. Mitt Romney gets booed at raucous Utah GOP convention

Sen. Mitt Romney was lustily booed by the more than 1,900 Republican delegates who packed into the Maverik Center on Saturday for the party’s state convention. “Aren’t you embarrassed?” said…

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Mitt Romney criticizes Trump COVID-19 response, mail-in voting attacks

Jason Lalljee USA TODAY Published 9:15 PM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Sen. Mitt Romney defended mail-in voting Friday night in the wake of President Donald Trump’s attacks on the system, calling…

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Coronavirus Strange and Conspiracy

Mitt Romney Plays Lone GOP Trump Critic, Coronavirus Edition

Hours after Donald Trump shared a cartoon attacking Mitt Romney, which depicted him standing alongside the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer beneath the caption, “Democrats Continue Torching America,”…

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Coronavirus Massachusetts

Mitt Romney proposes hazard pay plan for essential workers

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah has released a plan for giving essential workers a temporary pay raise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Romney is the first Senate Republican to formally propose…

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Coronavirus Indiana

Mitt Romney proposes giving essential workers a $12/hr bonus for next 3 months

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) wants to give America’s essential workers a $12 per hour bonus during May, June, and July. Called “Patriot Pay,” the…

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Coronavirus Massachusetts

Mitt Romney proposes hazard pay alternative for frontline workers

As Democrats call for hazard pay for workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, Sen. Mitt Romney is approaching the issue from a slightly different angle. The Utah…

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Coronavirus Utah

President Donald Trump on Mitt Romney snub: ‘I don’t really want his advice.’

Washington • President Donald Trump bluntly said Sunday that he doesn’t like Sen. Mitt Romney and purposefully left the Utah Republican off an economic recovery task force because of his…

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Coronavirus West Virginia

Sen. Mitt Romney was the only GOP senator not invited on Trump’s new coronavirus advisory group

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney, the sole Republican who voted to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, was the only GOP senator not invited to serve on the president’s new…

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Coronavirus Utah

Mitt Romney proposes health security council to better prepare U.S. for another infectious disease

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mitt Romney expressed frustration in February that the United States was ill-equipped to handle the novel coronavirus outbreak. On Friday, he and Sen. Chris Murphy,…

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Coronavirus Utah

‘Good news’: Mitt Romney praises Senate deal on coronavirus relief package

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mitt Romney called the agreement reached in the Senate on Wednesday to provide financial help to workers, families and small businesses, including direct cash payments…

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