On the eve of Donald Trump's expected 2024 presidential campaign announcement, Mitt Romney said he wants to put Trump on the bench. 'If [Republicans] want to win, we need a different pitcher on the mound,' he said.
““It’s like the aging pitcher who keeps losing games. If we want to win, we need a different pitcher on the mound.””” That was Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, telling MSNBC that he thinks it’s time to bench former President Donald Trump following the GOP’s somewhat lackluster showing in last week’s midterm elections.
Despite some pundits predicting a “red wave” of Republican victories that would reclaim control of Congress, Democrats managed to hold onto the Senate, and the GOP picked up fewer seats in the House than expected. And when Romney said he thought Trump was going to announce running for president for a third time on Tuesday, that’s when the senator broke out his “aging pitcher” metaphor. “I know there’s some fans that love him,” Romney said, “but it’s time to get off the mound, because we have a real strong bench.” Exit polling has suggested that anti-Trump sentiment and dismay over the conservative-led Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade earlier this year led many Democrats and independents to vote blue. And Romney echoed those same sentiments in an MSNBC segment aired on Monday night.“Abortion played a much bigger role than we’d anticipated,” he said. “I think President Trump was an albatross on the electoral prospects of some of our candidates. He helped select some of the people who turned out not to be very effective candidates.” Exit polling found that 28% of voters said their vote was meant to show their opposition to Trump, while 16% said they voted to support him. And just 39% of voters had a favorable opinion of Trump, compared to 58% who viewed him unfavorably — including a sizable 20% of Republicans. Indeed, not only did many election deniers lose in battleground states, but Axios noted that voters also mostly rejected candidates who had supported overturning the 2020 presidential election or wanted to restrict future voting. The GOP bench includes Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Analysts say his strong midterms showing may have given him an edge over Trump to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Romney has been one of the few Republicans who has been vocal in criticizing Trump over the years, including voting to impeach him twice. Trump has returned fire at Romney, for example calling him a “super RINO,” or Republican in Name Only, after Senate Republicans reached a deal with Democrats on infrastructure PAVE, +1.20%.
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