Editing Rob Portman (section)

===2020 campaign, Capitol attack, and Trump impeachments===
In the 2020 presidential election, Portman supported Trump, in a reversal of his 2016 vote.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessie|last=Balmert|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/01/31/ohio-sen-rob-portman-back-president-trump-2020/2732371002/|title=Ohio Sen. Rob Portman supports President Trump's 2020 bid - a reversal from 2016 vote|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|date=January 31, 2019|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> Portman maintained his support for Trump during the [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeachment proceedings against Trump]] for his conduct in the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal]].<ref name=EatonOC>{{cite web|first=Sabrina|last=Eaton|url=https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/10/sen-rob-portman-still-plans-to-vote-for-president-donald-trump-despite-impeachment-inquiry.html|title=Sen. Rob Portman still plans to vote for President Donald Trump despite impeachment inquiry|work=Cleveland.com|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> Portman said that it was "wrong and inappropriate" for Trump to ask a foreign government to investigate a political rival,<ref name=Rowland>Darrel Rowland, [https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200204/ohio-gop-sen-rob-portman-explains-why-he-backs-donald-trump-during-impeachment/1 Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman explains why he backs Donald Trump during impeachment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108005238/https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200204/ohio-gop-sen-rob-portman-explains-why-he-backs-donald-trump-during-impeachment/1 |date=January 8, 2021 }}, ''Columbus Dispatch'' (February 4, 2020).</ref> and that he accepted that there was ''quid pro quo'' between Trump and Ukraine in which U.S. aid to Ukraine was on the line,<ref name=Rowland/> but that he did not consider it to be an impeachable offense.<ref name=Eaton>Sabrina Eaton, [https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/10/sen-rob-portman-still-plans-to-vote-for-president-donald-trump-despite-impeachment-inquiry.html Sen. Rob Portman still plans to vote for President Donald Trump despite impeachment inquiry], (October 29, 2019).</ref><ref name=Rowland/> Following the [[First impeachment trial of Donald Trump|Senate trial]] of Trump, Portman voted to acquit Trump on charges of [[abuse of power]] and [[obstruction of Congress]].<ref>Sabrina Eaton, [https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/02/ohios-sen-sherrod-brown-votes-to-convict-trump-sen-rob-portman-votes-to-acquit-watch-and-read-their-statements.html Ohio's Sen. Sherrod Brown votes to convict Trump; Sen Rob Portman votes to acquit: watch and read their statements], Cleveland.com (February 5, 2020).</ref> Portman also opposed proposals to formally [[censure]] Trump.<ref name=Rowland/>

Portman was the Ohio state co-chair of Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.<ref name=RickKovac>{{Cite web|title=Portman won't back Trump bid to toss election results as Ohioans ready buses to DC protest|author1=Rick Rouan |author2=Marc Kovac |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/presidential/2021/01/04/sen-rob-portman-wont-object-presidential-election-results/4123228001/|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> After [[Joe Biden]] won the 2020 presidential election and Trump refused to concede, Portman initially refused to acknowledge Biden as the [[president-elect of the United States]], although he did acknowledge that it was appropriate for [[Presidential transition of Joe Biden|Biden's transition]] to begin and that, [[Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud|contrary to Trump's false claims]], there was no evidence of irregularities that would change the election outcome.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eaton|first=Sabrina|title=Sen. Rob Portman still won't call Joe Biden "President-elect"|url=https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/12/sen-rob-portman-still-wont-call-joe-biden-president-elect.html|date=December 1, 2020|publisher=Cleveland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wartman|first=Scott|date=December 1, 2021|title=Rob Portman won't call Biden president-elect just yet. 'The recounts need to be completed.'|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/17/election-2020-rob-portman-wont-call-biden-president-elect-yet/6316654002/}}</ref> Portman accepted the election results six weeks after the election, after the December 15 [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] vote.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Horn|first=Dan|title=Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Rep. Steve Chabot accept election results, but many other Republicans silent|newspaper=Cincinnati Enquirer|date=December 15, 2020|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/12/15/portman-accepts-biden-win-other-republicans-remain-silent/3904297001/}}</ref>

Portman opposed [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|Trump's attempt to overturn the election results]],<ref name=DeCiccio>{{Cite web|author=Emily DeCiccio|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/gop-sen-says-trump-impeachment-trial-could-set-a-dangerous-precedent.html|publisher=[[CNBC]]|date=January 28, 2021|title=GOP Sen. Rob Portman says Trump impeachment trial post-presidency could set a dangerous precedent}}</ref> and did not back a last-ditch effort by Trump's Republican allies in Congress to [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|object to the formal counting of the electoral votes]] from swing states in which Biden defeated Trump.<ref name=RickKovac/> Portman said, "I cannot support allowing Congress to thwart the will of the voters"<ref name=RickKovac/> and voted against the objections.<ref name=DeCiccio/> Congress's counting of the electoral votes was interrupted by a pro-Trump mob that [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attempted an insurrection at the Capitol]]; Portman said Trump "bears some responsibility" for the attack.<ref name=DeCiccio/> After [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives]] for [[incitement of insurrection]], Portman joined most Republican senators in an unsuccessful motion to dismiss the charges and avoid a [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|Senate impeachment trial]] on the basis that Trump's term had expired and he had become a private citizen.<ref name=DeCiccio/><ref name=Chow>{{Cite web|title=Portman Joins Most GOP Senators In Failed Attempt To Dismiss Impeachment Trial|date=January 26, 2021|author=Andy Chow|url=https://www.statenews.org/post/portman-joins-most-gop-senators-failed-attempt-dismiss-impeachment-trial|agency=Statehouse News Bureau}}</ref> On February 13, 2021, Portman voted to acquit Trump on charges of inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/senate-impeachment-whip-count-where-democrats-republicans-stand/| title = Live impeachment vote count: How senators voted to convict or acquit Trump - Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>