evidence: The claim: Utah Sen. Mitt Romney resigned [...] "BREAKING: Mitt Romney has resigned in disgrace!" reads the post. "Another RINO bites the dust!" [...] USA TODAY has previously debunked claims that Romney threatened to leave the Republican party and become a Democrat, that Utah began officially collecting signatures to recall Romney in 2021 and that a tweet shows a response from Rep. Paul Gosar after Romney criticized his appearance with white nationalists.