2012 presidential candidate and unrepentant RINO Mitt Romney, a Republican Senator from Utah, has announced that he plans to not run for re-election in 2024, citing the need for “a new generation of leaders” and attacking both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Senator Romney made the 2024 announcement in a video posted to X (formerly Twitter), saying that he thinks it is time for him to move on from the Senate so that a new generation of political leaders can move into the political leadership.
As you can hear in the video below, Senator Romney began by saying that he has enjoyed his time in the Senate because of the “bipartisan” bills he has passed. In his words, “You know, contrary to a lot of expectations, I enjoy my work in the Senate a good deal. The last few years have been particularly productive as I was able to help lead and negotiate the bipartisan infrastructure law, a comprehensive China strategy process, religious liberty protections, a compromised gun safety law, the electoral account act reform and emergency COVID relief funding. I was also able to help secure key Utah priorities, including funding for Hill Air Force Base and its program to modernize our nuclear deterrent, as well as funding for wildfire prevention, water infrastructure, rural broadband, removal of uranium tailings from Moab, expansion and restoration of our highway and transit infrastructure, and federal studies to save the Great Salt Lake.”
Continuing, he addressed what issues he thinks the next generation of political leaders will need to handle, saying, “I spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid 80s. Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders. They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in. Now, we face critical challenges, mounting national debt, climate change, and the ambitious authoritarians of Russia and China.”
That’s when Romney, true to form, made a weak attack on Biden while viciously attacking former President Trump, saying, “Neither President Biden nor former President Trump are leading their party to confront those issues on deficits and debt. Both men refuse to address entitlements, even though they know that this represents two-thirds of federal spending. Donald Trump calls global warming a hoax. And President Biden offers feel-good solutions that make no difference to the global climate. On China, President Biden underinvests in the military and President Trump underinvests in our alliances, political motivations to often impede the solutions that these challenges demand.”
He then added, “The next generation of leaders must take America to the next stage of global leadership. While I’m not running for reelection, I’m not retiring from the fight. I’ll be your United States senator until January of 2025. I will keep working on these and other issues. And I’ll advance our state’s numerous priorities. I look forward to working with you and with folks across our state and nation in that endeavor. It really is a profound honor to serve Utah and the country. And I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do so.”
Trump posted about Romney’s retirement on Truth Social, saying, “FANTASTIC NEWS FOR AMERICA,THE GREAT STATE OF UTAH, & FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. MITT ROMNEY, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS PIERRE DELECTO, WILL NOT BE SEEKING A SECOND TERM IN THE U.S. SENATE, WHERE HE DID NOT SERVE WITH DISTINCTION. A BIG PRIMARY FIGHT AGAINST HIM WAS IN THE OFFING, BUT NOW THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. CONGRATS TO ALL. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Watch that video here
My message to Utahns on my Senate reelection plan: pic.twitter.com/kgbsfIxMeR
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) September 13, 2023
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video
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