Sen.-elect John Curtis (R-Utah) said in an interview on Sunday that he will disagree with President-elect Trump on spending from “time to time.”
“I want him to be wildly successful. I’m going to be wind at his back on things like inflation. I want him to bring peace around the world,” Curtis said on ABC News’s “This Week” to the outlet’s Jonathan Karl.
“I want to deal with the border situation, and, and, and I’m really there for him. I want to be helpful. And, ‘Mr. President, from time to time, I’m going to disagree with you. And it will be respectful. And I think when I disagree with you, it will be helpful. And I hope you’ll listen to me,’” he added.
Curtis will be replacing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who voted to convict the president-elect in two impeachment trials during Trump’s first term.
“Mitt Romney, no matter what you say about him, everybody says he’s true to who he is. And that’s such a great attribute. I wish we could say that about all of — all of us. And if they say that about me when I’m done, I’ll be very happy,” Curtis said during his “This Week” interview.
On Wednesday, Romney gave a Senate farewell speech in which he pushed elected officials to focus on unity as a priority while facing heated partisanship.
“I will leave this chamber with a sense of achievement. But in truth, I will also leave with the recognition that I did not achieve everything I had hoped,” Romney said.
“Among other things, the scourge of partisan politics has frustrated repeated efforts to stabilize our national debt. Without the burden of the interest on that debt, we would be able to spend three times as much as we do on military procurement,” he continued.
