Outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, stated that he thinks Vice President-elect JD Vance will turn out to be the GOP’s 2028 presidential nominee, describing Vance as “good” and “well-spoken.”
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Vance to function his operating mate for the 2024 presidential election, and the 2 trounced the Democratic ticket, consisting of Vice President Kamala Harris and her operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Romney, who made the feedback on CNN’s “State of the Union,” stated the GOP “has turn out to be the get together of the working-class, middle-class voter,” including that Trump ought to be given credit score.
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives for a Senate Republican assembly on the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 8, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
The senator advised that actions to defund the police and permit organic males in feminine sports activities led to some center class flight from the Democratic Occasion, which he stated is “in hassle.”
“I do not understand how they get well,” he stated. “They’ve misplaced their base,” he stated, noting that union employees have departed the Democratic Occasion and voted for the GOP. “And the Democratic Occasion is seen not as wealthy folks, however as faculty professors and woke scolds,” he stated.
Whereas interviewing Romney, CNN’s Jake Tapper stated “Trump has made it clear that he desires to go after his political opponents,” and requested Romney whether or not he’s apprehensive that he or his household may very well be focused “for retribution.”
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, listens as President Donald Trump speaks throughout a listening session on youth vaping of digital cigarettes on Nov. 22, 2019, within the Cupboard Room of the White Home in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Photos)
Romney indicated that he’s not apprehensive and that he thinks Trump will probably search to “give attention to the longer term.”
Romney served as a senator since 2019, however opted to not search one other time period.
He was beforehand the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee, however misplaced that election to incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama.
Romney additionally beforehand served as governor of Massachusetts.
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, solutions questions in his workplace after asserting he won’t search re-election on Sept. 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
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When Tapper requested Romney how he wish to be remembered in historical past, the senator stated he doesn’t “suppose historical past will bear in mind Mitt Romney.”
“What I need is my household to recollect me,” he famous.
