Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld (R) on Friday announced he was launching an exploratory committee for a potential 2020 White House bid, becoming the first Republican to take a significant step to challenge President Trump.
Weld is looking to appeal to “never-Trump” Republicans and independents who are eager to push Trump out of the White House but do not see a Democrat as an acceptable alternative.
During a campaign announcement Friday in New Hampshire, Weld outlined a number of policy differences between himself and the Trump administration while taking aim at Democrats whom he argued had abandoned the principles of fiscal responsibility. He also took aim at Trump personally, arguing that he was unfit for the presidency.
“[O]ur President is simply too unstable to carry out the duties of the highest executive office — which include the specific duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed — in a competent and professional matter,” Weld said at the annual Politics & Eggs breakfast. “He is simply in the wrong place.”
“It upsets me that our energies as a society are being sapped by the president’s culture of divisiveness,” Weld added.
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Bill Weld forms exploratory committee, taking first step toward primary challenge to Trump in 2020 https://t.co/KMwo9cEmB8 pic.twitter.com/fl3bGXNXtN
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld: "It upsets me that our energies as a society are being sapped by the President's culture of divisiveness." https://t.co/rpVci77lCJ pic.twitter.com/sB8gHB9FIZ
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