Outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he believes Vice President-elect J.D. Vance will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2028, calling Vance “smart” and “outspoken.” I commented.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Vance as his running mate in the 2024 presidential election, with the pair beating out Democratic candidates consisting of Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. .
Commenting on CNN's “State of the Union,” Romney said the Republican Party “has become the party of working-class, middle-class voters,” adding that Trump should be praised.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) arrives to attend the Senate Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The senator suggested that moves to defund the police and allow biological males to participate in women's sports are alienating some middle-class Democrats, who are We're in trouble,” he said.
“We don't know how they will recover,” he said. “They've lost their base,” he said, noting that union members have left the Democratic Party and voted for the Republican Party. “And Democrats are seen not as rich people, but as college professors and woke reprimands,” he said.
During an interview with Romney, CNN's Jake Tapper said, “Trump has made it clear that he wants to corner his political opponents,'' and wondered if Romney would target him or his family for “retaliation.'' I asked him if he was worried.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) listens to President Donald Trump during a listening session on youth vaping in the White House Cabinet Office on November 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Romney said he wasn't worried and thought Trump would likely “try to focus on the future.”
Romney had served in the Senate since 2019, but chose not to seek re-election.
He was previously a Republican presidential candidate in 2012, but lost that election to incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama.
Mr. Romney previously served as governor of Massachusetts.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) answers questions in his office after announcing he will not seek reelection in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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When Tapper asked Romney how he would like to be remembered in history, the senator said, “I don't think history will remember Mitt Romney.”
“All I want is for my family to remember me,” he said.
