'I'm Not A Career Politician Or A Massachusetts Millionaire': Meet The Republican Who Is Primarying Mitt Romney In 2024

On Tuesday, a primary challenger against Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) entered the race against the former Republican presidential nominee for his Senate seat to much applause from conservatives across the country.

Mitt Romney, despite being the 2012 GOP nominee, has one of the lowest conservative records in Congress for a Republican. According to Heritage Action, the 76-year-old has a lifetime score of 58 percent and a current session score of 51 percent. For context, the average Senate Republican has a score of 78 percent.

Because of his abysmal voting record as well as his support of impeaching 45th President Donald Trump, conservatives have long called on a primary challenge for the one-term senator.

In response to this call, Riverton, Utah Mayor Trent Staggs released a campaign video announcing his run against the incumbent Republican.

In the video, Staggs emphasized the multiple times in which Romney joined with Democrats as well as the various broken promises that Romney propagated during his initial campaign in 2018.

"Right now Washington is broken and every time we compromise, it costs us trillions," Staggs began. "We have more IRS agents than border agents and while we are paying $4 a gallon for gas, they are sending our money unchecked to Ukraine. Now we are more than $34 trillion in debt. Enough is enough."

"A few years ago Mitt Romney moved to Utah and told us what he'd fight for," Staggs said adding clips from a Romney campaign commercial where the former GOP nominee promised to end illegal immigration, a balanced budget, pushback on federal overreach, and to confirm constitutionalist judges.

"But the only thing I've seen him fight for are the establishment, wokeness, open borders, impeaching President Trump, and putting us even deeper into debt," the mayor explained.

Staggs then went on to explain that he "doesn't come from millions" and that he brings a penny-pinching mentality to governance.

The Republican Senate candidate then emphasized his record as mayor, emphasizing that he has reduced spending, kept businesses, schools, and churches open during the coronavirus pandemic, and fought big government.

"I'm not a career politician or a Massachusetts millionaire. I'm a mayor, a businessman, husband, and father who wants his children to grow up with the same opportunities that I did," Mayor Staggs concluded, adding, "I'm running for United States Senate to make sure that they do."

Now that an experienced Republican candidate has entered the race against Mitt Romney, conservatives across the country will likely rally behind him to primary the unpopular senator.

You can visit Mayor Trent Staggs' campaign website at https://trentstaggs.com.

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