Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney on Tuesday broke with Republican ranks and cast the lone GOP vote against a judicial pick by President Donald Trump because the nominee had disparaged then-President Barack Obama.
Truncale, who will serve as a federal judge in Texas, had called Obama an “un-American imposter” and railed against liberal policies and judges and Democrats.
Romney, a Utah Republican and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee who has been an occasional critic of Trump, said Truncale's past rhetoric is not indicative of the temperament a federal judge should have.
“He made particularly disparaging comments about President Obama,” Romney told reporters, according to Politico.