Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he opposes raising the stimulus check amount in the COVID relief package to $2,000 from $600, as suggested by President Donald Trump and other officials. “If we went to $2,000 per person, the additional borrowing would be up to almost $500 billion,” Romney said, according to Utah’s KUTV. “Someone’s got to pay for that. We can’t just have free money.” The former Republican presidential candidate said he also opposed providing $600 stimulus payments. However, Romney didn’t appear to be opposed to other spending measures included in the massive measure, including $300 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), billions of dollars for landlords, and $47 billion for transportation. Trump reiterated on Dec. 25 that the $2,000 stimulus payments should be distributed in a new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus relief bill. “Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why would …