Sen. Mitt Romney booed at Utah GOP convention

all right another big story we're following for you today the state gop convention senator mitt romney faced an angry crowd at the utah republican party convention today utah's dominant political party holding its annual state convention it's the first time utah republicans have gathered in person since the covet 19 pandemic began fox 13's ben winslow has been covering this one for us he has more from the maverick center here at the utah republican party state convention senator mitt romney was loudly booed by delegates he's faced anger and backlash over his votes to impeach president trump let's go ahead and play back what [Applause] happened please thank you show respect okay senator thank you sir thanks derek so yeah i understand that uh i have a few folks that don't like me terribly much and i i'm sorry about that but i i express my mind as i believe is right and i follow my conscience as i believe is right and and i'm not a fan i'm not a fan of the current president's policies utah's junior senator did get some cheers but i'm told as soon as his speech finished he left the maverick center now the delegates could also consider a resolution to censure senator romney for his impeachment votes we'll have a recap of the republican party state convention on fox 13 news at nine at the maverick center in west valley city ben winslow fox 13 news utah

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Length: 1min 41sec (101 seconds)

Published: Sat May 01 2021