Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is one of the only GOP lawmakers publicly asking questions about President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and he's pretty sure he knows why.
"I think it's very natural for people to look at circumstances and see them in the light that's most amenable to their maintaining power, and doing things to preserve that power," Romney said during an appearance Wednesday at The Atlantic Festival.
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