There’s a lot of talk about unity these days. Joe Biden ran on a pledge to unify the country after four years of Donald Trump exploiting every fault line to divide Americans and turn us against each other.
But if unity means rolling over to appease fake moderates like Sen. Mitt Romney, then count me out. Romney, who voted to convict Trump after his impeachment trial, quickly reverted to type, telling the Blade he would oppose the Equality Act, which is expected to see a House vote this week.
This is the same Romney who once vowed to be better on gay rights than his opponent Ted Kennedy in 1994. At the time, Romney said he would not only back the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, legislation to ban anti-gay discrimination in employment,