Republican former Sen. Pat Toomeywho voted Donald Trump In 2016 and again four years later, a third time will not do, he announced on Tuesday.
continued CNBCof Squawk BoxToomey explained that Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in his election in 2020 and his subsequent efforts to stay in power were the deciding factors.
“When you lose an election and you try to overturn the results to stay in power, you lose me.” .
But, Toomey added, he won’t be voting for vice president Kamala Harriseither.
“I acknowledge that the outcome is a binary situation, but not my choice,” Toomey said, as co-host Joe Kernen argued that every non-Trump vote was essentially a vote for Harris. “It is an acceptable position for me to say that none of these candidates would be my choice for president.”
Toomey advocated GOP control of the Senate, saying it would be “absolutely essential” to check the power of the Harris administration. He warned that the Democratic trifecta would mean that Democrats would “cancel the filibuster, and they’ll be dragged by their left wing, which is clearly in charge now — and I think Kamala Harris Her choice of Vice President proved it.
Toomey has rejected Trump’s candidacy Another notable Republican Former Illinois Rep. Like Adam Kinzinger and former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan—Both spoke at the Democratic National Convention last month in favor of Harris. Utah Sen. Mitt RomneyIn an interview last November, But clarified That he won’t support Trump, leaving the door open to vote for a Democrat.
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