Romney says endorsing in 2024 would be ‘kiss of death’: I’d like to ‘vote for Joe Manchin’
OF HUMANITY. WE RECOGNIZE ONE ANOTHER, THEY'RE FALSE AND WE DON'T ATTACK EACH OTHER. TEARING DOWN OTHER AMERICANS, RETRIBUTION, REVENGE, ANGER, THAT IS NOT THE FUTURE OF A GREAT COUNTRY. >> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE 2024 RACE AS YOU BRING UP FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU ENDORSED A CANDIDATE YET, SENATOR, AND DO YOU PLAN TO DO SO? >> WELL, BECAUSE IF I ENDORSE SOMEONE IT WOULD BE THE KISS OF DEATH. SHOULD I ENDORSE THE PERSON I LIKE LEAST RIGHT NOW? [ LAUGHTER ] I'M NOT GOING TO BE ENDORSING
PRESIDENT TRUMP, OBVIOUSLY. I'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. LOOK, CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB SO FAR. HIS BEING IN THE RACE HAS KEPT DONALD TRUMP FROM COMING TO THE DEBATES. IF HE WENT TO THE DEBATE CHRIS CHRISTIE WOULD REVEAL HIM FOR
WHAT HE WAS AND TRUMP WOULD BE BADLY HURT. NIKKI HALEY IS RISING RIGHT NOW. SHE HAS A SHOT AT BECOMING THE NOMINEE OTHER THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IT'S A LONG SHOT IN HER PART, BUT SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAS A SHOT, BUT WE'LL SEE.
>> DO YOU THINK IT'S TIME FOR OTHER CANDIDATES AND NOT NIKKI HALEY SINCE SHE HAS THE MOMENTUM TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE, TO START CONSOLIDATING THEIR SUPPORT? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S MY ROLE TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN TO GET OUT AND
IT'S TOO BIG AN INVESTMENT BY PEOPLE AND SUPPORTERS TO BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT FOR SOMEONE TO SAY HEY, YOU OUGHT TO GET OUT AND I HOPE TO CONTINUES TO CONSOLIDATE AND IT BECOMES A TWO-PERSON RACE, BUT EVEN THEN, DONALD TRUMP IS THE PROHIBITIVE FAVORITE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT LIZ CHENEY SAID, THE COUNTRY WOULD BE BETTER RUN BY DONALD TRUMP AND MAGA REPUBLICANS, THAT'S EFFECTIVELY WHAT SHE SAID. DO YOU AGREE WITH HER THERE? >> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HAS NOT WORKED FOR AMERICA. THE STATISTICS ARE BETTER RIGHT
NOW, BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HURTING AS THEY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AS BREAD COSTS $5 A LOAF AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BIDEN'S POLICIES ARE GOOD FOR AMERICA. THERE ARE DEMOCRATS OUT THERE THAT I THINK WOULD DO A BETTER JOB, SOMEONE BESIDES PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS THE DEMOCRAT. >> YOU WROTE YOUR WIFE'S NAME-- >> THE JOE I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR IS JOE MANCHIN AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WHO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR. FORTUNATELY, FOR ME I'M IN A STATE THAT'S NOT A SWING STATE
AND IT'S NOT A STATE IN CONTEST AND WHOEVER I VOTE FOR FOR UTAH WILL BE FOR DONALD TRUMP SO IT'S KIND OF IRRELEVANT, BUT I TYPICALLY VOTE FOR ANNE FOR THAT RUN. >> DO YOU THINK SENATOR MANCHIN IS GOING TO RUN? >> NO, BUT I WISH HE WOULD.
I WISH HE WERE THE NOMINEE. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER DEMOCRATS THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> IT SEEMS YOU'RE NOT RULING OUT VOTING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> I'M NOT GOING TO DESCRIBE WHO
I WOULD RULE OUT OTHER THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. YOU HAVE A SETTING OF SOMEONE WHO IS TOO OLD AND SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS A LITTLE TOO NUTTY, AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE ON THAT