Romney receives JFK ‘courage’ award for Trump impeachment vote

“Senator Romney’s commitment to our Constitution makes him a worthy successor to the Senators who inspired my father to write Profiles in Courage,” former Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, the only living child of Kennedy, said in a statement on Friday. “He reminds us that our democracy depends on the courage, conscience and character of our elected officials.”

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The award from the JFK Library Foundation, which is named for Kennedy’s 1957 book on politically courageous leadership, often highlights left-wing causes and figures. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received the award in 2019, and former President Barack Obama received it in 2017.

Romney was the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump on the “abuse of power” charge in 2020 relating to Trump’s attempt to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate now-President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden but voted against the second “obstruction of Congress” charge. Last month, Romney was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump on the “incitement of insurrection” impeachment charge.

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“As the first Senator to have ever voted to convict a President of his own party, Senator Romney’s courageous stand was historic,” the JFK Library said of its decision to give Romney the award. “Despite facing unrelenting criticism and public antagonism following this vote, along with threats to his physical safety and demands that he be censured or expelled from the Republican party, Romney has continued to courageously defend the fundamental principles of democratic governance.”