“We met today due to the wounded pride of a selfish man and the indignation of his supporters, whom he has deliberately misinformed in the past two months and acted on this morning,” wrote Romney in comments he would have made in the Senate before Trump supporters invaded the United States Capitol. “What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States.”
He warned that “those who choose to continue to support their dangerous move by opposing the results of a legitimate and democratic election will forever be seen as complicit in an unprecedented attack on our democracy. They will be remembered for their role in this shameful episode in history. American. That will be your legacy. “
Romney, who lost the 2012 presidential election, urged his fellow legislators “to move forward with the completion of the electoral count, to refrain from further objections and to unanimously affirm the legitimacy of the presidential election”.
In the same video, he praised the crowd, who stormed the Capitol, stole items from their rooms and posed for photos in legislative chambers.
Romney joins several other GOP members who deplored the way the president handled the day’s events. Republican House Speaker Liz Cheney said the president was “abusing the trust of the American people and the people who supported him”.