Utah Sen. Mike Lee Michael (Mike) Shumway LeeMcConnell shores up GOP support for coronavirus package McConnell tries to unify GOP Davis: The Hall of Shame for GOP senators who remain silent on Donald Trump MORE (R) distanced himself from home-state colleague Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe Overnight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' MORE (R-Utah) Wednesday evening, tweeting that “those who voted to remove” President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE from office were “very wrong.”

Lee posted his tweet a few hours after Romney rocked Capitol Hill with a Senate floor speech in which he accused the president of “an appalling abuse of the public trust” and “a flagrant assault on our electoral rights.”

Romney voted to remove Trump from office by supporting the first article, charging Trump with abuse of power. He and all other Senate Republicans voted to dismiss the second article, alleging obstruction of Congress.

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He was the only Republican to vote for conviction on either article.

After the vote, Lee congratulated Trump for beating the push to remove him from office and the ballot in 2020.

“Congratulations @realDonaldTrump. I’m looking forward to your next five years in office. Those who voted to remove you were wrong. Very wrong,” he tweeted.

Congratulations @realDonaldTrump. I’m looking forward to your next five years in office. Those who voted to remove you were wrong. Very wrong. — Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) February 5, 2020

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Romney and Lee polled about evenly in Utah in the fall.

A UtahPolicy.com poll published in October showed Romney with a 46 percent approval rating and a 51 percent disapproval rating.

The survey showed Lee with a 43 percent approval rating and 47 percent disapproval rating.