Her. Mitt Romney
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Romney made the comments in a discussion with The New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook DC Policy Project, saying he is’ certain ‘the former president will’ continue to play a role ‘in the Republican Party, despite his defeat in last year’s presidential election.
“He has by far the biggest voice and big impact in my party,” Romney said, referring to Trump. “I don’t know if his relatives are planning to, but I expect he will continue to play a role.”
Romney said that if Trump decides to run for office in 2024, he is confident the former president will win his party’s nomination.
“I’m pretty sure he will win the nomination,” said Romney. While he noted that “a lot could happen between now and 2024,” the Utah Republican pointed to polls he says show Trump is a potentially strong candidate for president in the next election cycle.
“I look at the polls and the polls show that among the names listed as potential contenders in 2024, if you put President Trump there among Republicans, he wins in a landslide,” he said.
Under pressure to campaign against Trump if he ran for office in 2024, Romney, who has been vocal in his past criticism of the former president, said he would likely choose to have another contender in the party. to support.
“I wouldn’t vote for President Trump anymore. I have not voted for him in the past and I would probably support someone who I thought represented more of the small wing of the republican party I represent, ”he said.
“There is a populist movement on both the right and left in this country. They don’t go away anytime soon. Although I think that over time sustainable policies that really help the American family will be more successful, ”Romney also said. “So I remain, if you will, a more traditional conservative than some of the populist rhetoric within my party.”
In recent weeks, Trump has been dodging questions as to whether he plans to run for president again in 2024, though he has said he has “seen a lot of great polls.”
“We have tremendous support,” Trump said earlier this month. ‘I won’t say it yet [if I’m running again], but I have tremendous support, and I watch polls going through the roof. … I am the only one to be ripped off and my numbers are on the rise. “