During a recent interview with CBS News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell, Romney said that re-electing Trump would be “devastating for our country.” Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and failed presidential candidate who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2019, says that he would choose anyone in the Republican field other than Trump or Vivek Ramaswami. “I’d be happy to vote for a number of the Democrats too,” he said. “I mean, [that] would be an upgrade from, in my opinion, from Donald Trump, and perhaps also from Joe Biden.” Continuing, the senator — who recently announced he will not be seeking re-election in 2024 — explained, “Look I like President Biden. You know, 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 I would like to see someone else run.” When asked about his newly released book Reckoning, Romney says he believes there will be a reckoning within the Republican Party, the entirety of which would be branded based on whether Trump wins the 2024 election. “I don’t know where the party stands,” he told O’Donnell. He added:Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) says that he would rather vote for a Democrat than cast his ballot for former President Donald Trump, who is increasingly the likely GOP nominee in the 2024 presidential election.
I mean, it depends on whether Donald Trump gets elected president again. If Donald trump gets elected — and I give that at this stage like 50-50 odds, I think he’s the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination — if he gets elected president, I mean the party is Donald Trump, in every respect a reflection of his character. And I don’t know how long it would take us to shake that image. If he loses — well of course he’ll say [it] was stolen, regardless of the circumstances — but if he loses I think our party moves on. I don’t know the direction it’ll take, but I think it moves on to a different course.
