CPAC formally disinvites Romney to conference

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, said on Friday that he would not be inviting Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) to this year's conference. The reason for the disinvite is due to the vote of "aye" Romney cast in favor of calling more witnesses at the Senate impeachment proceedings.

Romney and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only two Republicans that crossed party lines and voted to extend the groundless hearings on whether President Trump should be removed from office mainly because the left doesn't like him and Romney and Collins are not big fans of the "bad Orange Man."

Schlapp tweeted:

BREAKING: The 'extreme conservative' and Junior Senator from the great state of Utah, @SenatorRomney is formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020 

It is unclear whether Susan Collins is also disinvited to the CPAC conference, but if not, it doesn't seem fair to Romney, who otherwise is one of the worst candidates the GOP has ever run for president.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), defended Romney on Friday, calling him a "good friend" and "excellent senator."

"Mitt Romney is a good friend and an excellent Senator. We have disagreed about a lot in this trial. But he has my respect for the thoughtfulness, integrity, and guts he has shown throughout this process," Lee said. "Utah and the Senate are lucky to have him."

While it makes sense for senators to vote their beliefs, it makes no sense to believe that this impeachment debacle was ever fair at the start. It was an impeachment looking for grounds, and the grounds they finally came up with, were not legitimate grounds for impeachment. So it makes more sense for all of the GOP to stick together and vote the same way, whichever way they decided was the correct course of action to take. Both choices seemed good, especially with the ability for the GOP to call Hunter Biden, the so-called whistleblower, and Adam Schiff and his eyes.

Democrats stick together based on power, but Republicans tend to make their decisions based on their beliefs and ethics. Sadly, that's the most honorable way to vote, but it's also the way to lose the battle over policy.

I understand Schlapp's position on his decision, and I believe Romney and Collins are wrong, but not dishonorable. But you can't just freeze out one without the other.

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