When Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) was requested Thursday if he would help Donald Trump in 2024, the lawmaker didn’t miss a beat: “Completely not.”
And that stands even when the previous president wins the Republican nomination.
“Look, I voted to take away him from workplace — twice,” Romney stated to laughter at a Washington Submit discussion board on local weather change, referring to Trump’s two impeachments.
“It’s not simply because he loses,” Romney emphasised, referring to the midterm election pratfalls of many high-profile candidates endorsed by Trump. “It’s additionally [that] he’s merely not an individual who should have the reins of the federal government of the US.”
Romney stated it’s “not rocket science” why so many GOP candidates went down in defeat. It’s as a result of they had been picked or endorsed by Trump, whose backing was the “kiss of demise” within the basic election, he stated.
The senator conceded, nevertheless, that Trump maintains a big share of help from the Republican Social gathering.
Romney has been hitting onerous at Trump.
Earlier this week, he turned one in all Trump’s favourite insults in opposition to fellow Republicans again on him. Romney known as the previous president a RINO — Republican In Identify Solely — for calling for the termination of the Structure.
“Nicely, the Republican Social gathering is the Structure occasion,” Romney instructed reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday. “So when he calls to droop the Structure, he goes from being MAGA to being RINO.”
Late final month, he blasted Trump over his dinner at Mar-a-Lago with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye, the rapper previously referred to as Kanye West who just lately stated he sees “good issues” in Hitler.
Romney known as the assembly between Trump, Fuentes and Ye “disgusting.”
“I believe it has been clear that there’s no backside to the diploma to which President Trump will degrade himself and the nation,” Romney instructed reporters on the time.
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