report<\/a> by Department of Justice special counsel Robert K. Hur, that said Biden would not face charges over his handling of classified documents, but questioned Biden\u2019s memory and mental acuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m 76. Believe it or not, when you get older, your memory is not as sharp as it used to be. Dates are not as familiar. You tend to sometimes mess up words. I would note that that\u2019s been the case with President Biden, and frankly President Trump, for some time \u2014 and in my case, most of my life,\u201d said Romney. \u201cI\u2019ve negotiated with President Biden. He\u2019s an older guy, but I believe he is intellectually competent. That\u2019s not the worry. The worry for me with President Biden is I disagree with him on the border and think he\u2019s spending too much money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will Romney vote to impeach Mayorkas?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impeach Mayorkas, the matter moves to the Senate, where senators will hold a trial and decide whether to convict the Homeland Security secretary and remove him from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked if he\u2019d taken a position on whether to vote to convict Mayorkas, Romney said as a Senate juror he would \u201clisten to the arguments and make an informed judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, he said, \u201cI haven\u2019t seen anything so far that suggests that he met the standard of a high crime or misdemeanor. Now that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s done a good job. I think our border is a mess. But I blame the president, and the people the president has appointed are people who are following the president\u2019s policies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see if Secretary Mayorkas has gone beyond the president\u2019s policies. If so, that would justify a careful look,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will Romney endorse one of the Republicans running to replace him?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When asked by House Democrats if he would endorse one of the Republicans running to replace him, he said, jokingly, \u201cWell, I\u2019ve got a secret candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI doubt I\u2019ll endorse, although I may,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to commit that I\u2019m not going to endorse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said they were \u201cgood people\u201d running, naming former Utah state House Speaker Brad Wilson and current U.S. Rep. John Curtis. He said he didn\u2019t know Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs or Brent Hatch, son of the late Sen. Orrin Hatch, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of hard to predict what\u2019s going to happen in the Senate race, but I hope the people of Utah, myself included are able to be represented by a person who wants to go there to get stuff done and not just to make noise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anniversary of Trump impeachment vote<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Romney said he has no regrets over voting to impeach former President Donald Trump three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m convinced that I took the right vote and made the right decision in that regard,\u201d he said. \u201cOther people followed their conscience. I don\u2019t question their decision to vote to acquit. But I don\u2019t question my own decision to say that he was was guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor me, the biggest issue was that while the U.S. Capitol was under attack, and he was watching TV and seeing his own vice president under threat, he took no action. He has a constitutional duty to protect the Constitution of the United States, and not stepping in to protect his vice president and the seat of government at the time we were having a peaceful transition of power was, in my view, a high crime and misdemeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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