盐湖城——犹他州共和党人对参议员发出嘘声米特·罗姆尼但最终否决了周六指责他投票支持总统的动议唐纳德·特朗普s弹劾审判。

据《盐湖城论坛报》报道，在州共和党大会代表的投票中，该措施以798票对711票险胜。

罗姆尼当天早些时候登上领奖台时遭到了强烈的嘘声。

起草该决议的戴维斯县代表唐·盖蒙(Don Guymon)表示，罗姆尼投票罢免特朗普“伤害了宪法，也伤害了党”。

盖蒙说:“这是一个由讨厌特朗普的民主党人推动的过程。”。"罗姆尼在第一次弹劾中的投票给了继续骚扰特朗普的民主党人勇气。"

该提议是周六辩论的几个平台变化之一，也试图赞扬犹他州国会代表团的其他成员对前总统的支持。

其他人警告说，支持指责有可能会围绕特朗普而不是大多数代表珍视的保守原则来界定该党。

“如果这一切的目的是让米特·罗姆尼知道我们对他不满意，相信我，他知道，”盐湖城代表艾米丽·德·阿扎维多·布朗说。“我们不要把这变成特朗普或没有特朗普的事情。我们是原则的一方还是人的一方?”

Bid to censure Romney for Trump impeachment votes fails

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Republicans booed Sen.Mitt Romneybut ultimately rejected a motion to censure him Saturday for his votes at PresidentDonald Trump’simpeachmenttrials.

The measure narrowly failed, 798 to 711, in a vote by delegates to the state GOP convention, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

Romney drew heavy boos when he came to the podium earlier in the day.

Davis County delegate Don Guymon, who authored the resolution, said Romney’s votes to remove Trump from office “hurt the Constitution and hurt the party.”

“This was a process driven by Democrats who hated Trump,” Guymon said. “Romney’s vote in the first impeachment emboldened Democrats who continued to harass Trump.”

The proposal, among several platform changes debated Saturday, also sought to praise the other members of Utah’s congressional delegation for their support of the former president.

Others warned supporting the censure risked defining the party around Trump instead of the conservative principles most delegates treasure.

“If the point of all this is to let Mitt Romney know we’re displeased with him, trust me, he knows,” said Salt Lake County delegate Emily de Azavedo Brown. “Let’s not turn this into a Trump or no Trump thing. Are we a party of principle or a party of a person?”