Sen. Mitt Romney says by Feb. 26 all GOP candidates running for president in 2024 should clear the path for 1 person to go up against former Pres. Trump for the Republican nomination.
He asked Republican megadonors and influencers to take charge and "do something they didn't do in 2016: get candidates they support to agree to withdraw if and when their paths to the nomination are effectively closed," he wrote in an opinion piece published in theEarly primaries will already be decided in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina by Feb. 26.
"They were unsuccessful but not because of blind political ambition or vanity. They put a common cause above personal incentives," he said, adding that narrowing the field this way doesn't happen anymore. Romney said although donors may expect party leaders to guide Republicans in the race, "candidates don't listen to party officials, because voters don't listen to them either."
He said the United States needs "a nominee with character, driven by something greater than revenge and ego, preferably from the next generation."
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