Republican Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) has admitted that he may vote for a Democrat in the 2024 presidential election.
The admission from Romney comes after he recently announced that he will not run for re-election next year.
Many have suggested that Romney is no longer keeping up the RINO (Republican in Name Only) charade now that he is no longer running for election.
In an interview with Norah O’Donnell on CBS’s “Person To Person,” Romney revealed that he is considering officially backing the Democrats’ candidate next year.
Romney also revealed that President Donald Trump isn’t the only Republican he is against.
When asked whom he supported in the 2024 primary race, Romney replied that he would back “any one of the Republicans” — unless the nominee is former President Donald Trump or businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.
According to Newsweek, the interview aired in October but was revived on social media over the weekend.
“I’d be happy to support virtually any one of the Republicans — maybe not Vivek,” Romney admitted.
“But, uh, but the others that are running would be acceptable to me, and I’d be happy to vote for them.”
“I’d be happy to vote for a number of the Democrats, too,” Romney added.
“I mean, it would be an upgrade from, in my opinion, from Donald Trump and perhaps also from Joe Biden.
“Look, I like President Biden, you know,” said Romney, the 2012 GOP candidate for president.
“I find him a very charming, engaging person.
“There’s some places I agree with him, but most places I disagree with him.
“I think he’s made all sorts of terrible mistakes but, uh, I would like to see someone else run.”
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Romney went on to admit that he has been “chatting on the phone with President Biden.”
He also defended attacks against Biden’s age, saying, “I’ve negotiated with President Biden on the infrastructure bill.
“We met at his office and talked at length on a whole series of issues …
“He’s mentally capable.”
“I’m not afraid of people who are older being in positions of leadership,” he added.
“Heck, the president of my church is 99 years old and does a fine job leading our church, so I’m OK with that.”
Earlier in the interview, Romney stated that his issue with the 45th president is “the dishonesties that have been spoken by Donald Trump.”
He didn’t explain why is he against Ramaswamy, however.
The only similarities Trump and Ramaswamy have are their strong “America first” stance and the fact that they are both political outsiders.
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The fact that Romney even said he would vote for a Democrat shows that to Romney, personal vindictiveness is a priority over what he claims are his principles.
As many on social media pointed out, his real allegiance is to himself.
Romney admitted he enjoys conversations with Biden and finds him “charming” despite some policy disagreements.
However, he rejects working with Trump or Ramaswamy.
As one Twitter/X user put it, Romney is “filthy rich and a collapsed economy doesn’t affect him.”
He’s filthy rich and a collapsed economy doesn’t affect him. He hates the rest of us! Loser!
— Vicki (@Vicki93599315) November 25, 2023
“Reminds me of that song by Cyndi Lauper – True Colors,” another post stated.
Reminds me of that song by Cyndi Lauper – True Colors.
— Bryan New 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@ne39108342) November 25, 2023
