President Donald Trump on Sunday admitted he's still holding a grudge against Mitt Romney, the only GOP senator to be left off a congressional task force on reopening the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
In February, Romney broke ranks with his party, voting to impeach the president on a charge of abusing his power. Since then, Trump has called the Utah senator and former Massachusetts governor a "failed presidential candidate" - Romney was the Republican nominee in 2012 - and "one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics."
The White House on Thursday released a list of lawmakers tapped for the "Opening Up America Again Congressional Group." All 52 of Romney's GOP Senate colleagues were on it, as well as several Democratic senators. A spokeswoman for Romney confirmed to that he was not asked to be on the task force.
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