 Portman akapikisa kuedza kwaTrump kukanganisa zvabuda musarudzo, uye haana kutsigira kuedza kwekupedzisira kwevamiriri veTrump veRepublican muCongress kupikisa kuverengwa kwepamutemo kwemavhoti esarudzokubva mumatunhu asina kugadzikana umo Biden akakunda Trump. Portman akati, Handikwanisi kutsigira kubvumira Congress kudzivisa kuda kwevavhoti uye akavhota achiramba. Kuverengwa kwemavhoti ekusarudzwa kweCongress kwakakanganiswa neboka revanhu vaitsigira Trump vakaedza kupandukira kuCapitol; Portman akati Trump ane mhosva yekurwiswa uku. Mushure mekunge VaTrump vamiswa neDare reVamiriri vachipomerwa mhosva yekumutsa mhirizhonga, VaPortman vakabatana nemaseneta mazhinji eRipublican muchirongwa chisina kubudirira chekuramba mhosva idzi nekudzivisa kutongwa kweSeneti pamusana pekuti nguva yaVaTrump yakanga yapera uye vakanga vava mugari wenyika. Musi waFebruary 13, 2021, Portman akavhotera kuti Trump asunungurwe pamhosva yekurudzira kurwiswa kweCapitol musi waNdira 6. 