STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD

Mitt Romney Votes Against Trump Judicial Nominee Who Called Obama an ‘Imposter’

He was the only Republican to vote against Michael Truncale, who called Obama an “un-American imposter” in 2011.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) was the lone Republican “no” vote for a Trump judicial nominee who previously called former President Obama an “un-American imposter,” Politico reports. Romney was the sole vote against Michael Truncale on his side of the aisle Tuesday, but Truncale ended up being confirmed 49-46 to serve in the Eastern District of Texas. “He made particularly disparaging comments about President Obama. And as the Republican nominee for president, I just couldn’t subscribe to that in a federal judge,” Romney told Politico. “This was not a matter of qualifications or politics. This was something specifically to that issue as a former nominee of our party.” Truncale made his remark about Obama in June 2011, and told the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month he was “merely expressing frustration by what I perceived as a lack of overt patriotism on behalf of President Obama.”