Former Trump advisor Roger Stone, fresh from a presidential pardon, promises a sustained effort in Utah to harass Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) “anytime and everywhere he attempts to appear in public,” the Washington Post reports.

A video shows Trump supporters heckling Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) — chanting “traitor, traitor, traitor!” — on a flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C. last night.

Washington Post: “The video, which went viral on Tuesday, is the latest sign of a growing divide in the Republican Party over President Trump’s false claims of a rigged election, which Romney has pointedly criticized. The incident foreshadows the rancor expected in the nation’s capital this week as thousands of Trump backers arrive to protest Congress certifying the electoral college victory for President-elect Joe Biden.”

A new Gallup poll finds Sen. Mitt Romney’s support among Republicans collapsing following his vote to remove President Trump from office in his impeachment trial.

Romney’s approval among Republicans is just 23%. When he was the GOP presidential nominee in November 2012 it was 84%.

In contrast, Romney’s approval rating has surged among Democrats to 56%.

“It’s not that I don’t have any point of view, it’s just that I’m not willing to share that point of view till I’ve had the chance to talk to others and get their perspectives.”

— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), when asked by CNN if he wants witnesses at a Senate impeachment trial.

NBC News: “In Utah, many of the more than two dozen Republican voters interviewed… expressed disapproval at Romney’s digs at Trump and his generally receptive approach to the House investigation.”

“About Romney’s shots at Trump, most had harsh words for their junior senator, with many accusing him of harboring feelings of resentment and envy stemming from his failed 2012 bid and the Trump State Department saga.”

McKay Coppins asked Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) about the newly-discovered “Pierre Delecto” Twitter account.

His only response: “C’est moi.”

Axios: “As Delecto, Romney liked critical tweets about President Trump, who has attacked Romney on Twitter in the past. The senator also occasionally used the account to defend himself against detractors.”

“As House Democrats push forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Republicans have largely rushed to Mr. Trump’s defense, or at least tempered their criticism to avoid his furious reprisals,” the New York Times reports.

“Among the handful of exceptions, though, there has been none louder or more prominent than Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, a figure who once embodied the essence of the Republican Party before Mr. Trump commandeered it, and is now in a lonely category of his own.”

Politico: “With both a pledge to be independent and membership in a party which demands support for President Donald Trump at every turn, the junior senator from Utah faces a squeeze on essentially every major vote he takes and each response to Trump’s controversies.”

“Romney has voted this year against Trump more than most other Senate Republicans, torpedoed Herman Cain’s chances on the Federal Reserve and even defended former President Barack Obama. Yet he still broadly supports Trump’s agenda and is with him far more often than not.”

“Mitt Romney was the only Republican senator to vote against one of President Trump’s judicial nominees on Tuesday. And he did so in part to defend former President Barack Obama,” Politico reports.

Said Romney: “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. This was not a matter of qualifications or politics. This was something specifically to that issue as a former nominee of our party.”

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) blasted Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) after the Utah Republican said he was “sickened” by President Trump’s actions in the Mueller report, The Hill reports.

Said Huckabee: “Know what makes me sick, Mitt? Not how disingenuous you were to take Donald Trump’s money and then 4 years later jealously trash him and then love him again when you begged to be Secretary of State, but makes me sick that you got the GOP nomination and could have been president.”