Romney Says He Wants to be Part of Change Between Black Voters and GOP
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We ran the numbers: There are 1880 news articles covering this topic. 15% (285) are left leaning, 51% (963) center, 34% (632) right leaning.
On Monday, Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he is working with several Republican colleagues on legislation to “make some changes to the way we do our policing.” While left-leaning articles highlight that Romney marched with demonstrators, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump mocked Romney for doing so.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Senator Mitt Romney marched with demonstrators, appearing to be the first Republican senator to join thousands across the country to protest the death of George Floyd. While many Democrats have made a point of supporting and participating in the rallies, few Republicans have publicly joined protesters marching across the country.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Romney said on Monday that his party has “an embarrassingly small share of African American votes” and would like to change that. Romney said he hopes to put together what ultimately will be bipartisan legislation to reform policing that can pass the Senate.
Fox News published a left-leaning article reporting that President Trump mocked Mitt Romney for marching with protesters to the White House over the weekend, sarcastically praising Romney’s “sincerity.” Romney also tweeted a photo of his father during the late 1960s marching with civil rights protesters.