A bit of breaking news to start the new year: Capitol Hill is just shocked, shocked(!) to discover a new member of Congress unwilling to blindly endorse everything the president does.

This revelation comes courtesy of incoming Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who, one day before taking the oath of office, declined to pledge allegiance to President Trump. After condemning the leader of his party for failing to rise “to the mantle of the office,” the Utah Republican promised in a Washington Post op-ed to be clear-eyed.

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