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Mitt Romney says endorsement in 2024 GOP primary would be ‘kiss of death’

2023-12-16 00:00:00.0 独立报-美国政治原网页

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Mitt Romney will not endorse a candidate in the Republican presidential primary, saying that his support would likely hurt a candidate more than help.

Mr Romney, who was the 2012 Republican nominee for president, has emerged as the foremost critic of former president Donald Trump within the Republican Party. Mr Romney voted to convict the former president in both of Mr Trump’s impeachment trials.

But the senator told The Independent that he will refrain from endorsing a candidate because he does not want them to be tied to his criticism of the former president.

“I can't imagine endorsing anybody,” he said. “And my endorsement would be the kiss of death.”

Mr Romney will retire from the Senate at the end of the current Congress rather than seek a second term.

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“I've said from the beginning, he was odds-on favorite to become the nominee, he’s very likely to be the nominee,” Mr Romney said of Mr Trump. “He's very, very likely to be the nominee. Hard to imagine someone passing him, I think.”

An NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll this week showed that 51 per cent of likely Iowa caucusgoers back Mr Trump. Mr Trump also holds a wide lead in most of the other states, including New Hampshire, despite the fact the state’s Republican Governor Chris Sununu backed former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.

“I think Nikki Haley has a shot, but it's a long shot,” he said. In 2012, Ms Haley endorsed Mr Romney. “But other than that, I think it's pretty clear sailing.”

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