'... a lot can happen between now and 2024'
Chris Enloe
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney does not
support former President Donald Trump, nor did the Utah lawmaker vote for Trump
in 2016 or 2020.
But Romney predicted Tuesday that
Trump would secure the 2024 Republican Party presidential nomination should he
run for the White House again.
What did Romney say?
During an interview with New York Times-DealBook, Romney admitted that Trump's enduring influence over the GOP means the former president holds the best odds of winning another presidential nomination.
"I don't know if he'll run in
2024 or not, but if he does, I'm pretty sure he will win the nomination,"
Romney said.
"I look at the polls, and the polls show that among the names being floated as potential contenders in 2024, if you put President Trump in there among Republicans, he wins in a landslide," he added.
On Donald Trump, Senator Mitt Romney at the DealBook DC Policy Project said: "I don't know if he'll run in 2024 or not, but if he does I'm pretty sure he will win the nomination." #DealBookDC https://t.co/Q6zOBOXHks pic.twitter.com/TK6fE9KLx2
— DealBook (@dealbook) February 24, 2021
Romney, himself a former GOP presidential nominee, qualified his prediction by noting that "a lot can happen between now and 2024."
Not only has Trump's political
strength not weakened, but neither has Romney's opposition to Trump. Romney
further explained that if Trump is the GOP nominee for the third consecutive
presidential contest, he will maintain his fierce opposition toward Trump.
"I would not be voting for
President Trump again. I haven't voted for him in the past. And I would
probably be getting behind somebody who I thought more represented the tiny
wing of the Republican Party that I represent," Romney explained.
Will Trump run again?
While the likelihood of Trump running
again is high, the former president has not stated definitively whether he will
pursue his former office in 2024.
"It's too early to say, but I see
a lot of great polls out there," Trump said last week.
However, Axios reported that Trump is planning to claim "total
control" over the Republican Party during his first post-presidential
speech this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Sources
said Trump will present himself as the "presumptive 2024 nominee" in
a "show of force."
Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told
Axios, "Trump effectively is the Republican Party. The only chasm is
between Beltway insiders and grassroots Republicans around the country. When
you attack President Trump, you're attacking the Republican grassroots."
Still, there is significant
disagreement about the future of the Republican Party.
Republicans like Romney, Rep. Liz
Cheney (R-Wyo.), the no. 3 House Republican, and perhaps even Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) believe the GOP should put Trump in the rearview
mirror, recognizing the Republican Party lost control of the House, White
House, and Senate under Trump's watch.
Other Republicans disagree.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), for
example, believes Trump should be part of the GOP strategy to
regain control in Washington.
Chris Enloe, The Blaze, February 24, 2021
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