Romney and Comey are respected..
By whom? Romney is lionized right now by the left....but the left's support is very incident centered. They may love him now, but in the past they have said things about him and his beliefs that are the precise opposite of what they are saying now, and in a week they'll go back to the old mantras. I hope that Romney isn't relying on any of THEM to have his back, unless they are holding knives.
The Republicans don't like him right now, either. They are doing the same thing; reversing any of the good stuff they used to say, and going to all the bad stuff. Romney is going to have to retire. He may serve out his term as Senator (as if he could get anything done as one now, anyway) but then he will simply disappear. Perhaps his church will give him a job as a general authority. I think he would be a good and honorable person to do that, myself.
And yes, he and I share the same religion. but then, Harry Reid is a Mormon, too, and I REALLY didn't like HIS politics. There are a lot of liberal Mormons out there. Really. I promise. I'm not one of them.
But as to Mitt Romney? He's NEVER liked Trump and has never made that a secret. Most people in Utah didn't like Trump, either. If there was ever a matter of 'hold your nose and vote against Hillary," the state of Utah was that.
Wait. Most people in Utah, though conservative, really DON"T like Trump personally. They WILL vote for Trump in 2020 again, to keep the Dems out, not because they are in love with Trump. Voting against him, when he knew his vote would count for nothing in terms of acquittal, might have been smarter than I thought.
I'm going to have to think about that one for a bit, though I really do figure that Mitt was standing for his own principles there.