Virginia’s GOP lt. governor won’t back Trump in 2024: ‘I just couldn’t’
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) said on Thursday that she would not support former President Trump running again for the White House if he declares his candidacy, as he is expected to do next week.
Sears told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto that Trump had numerous accomplishments with the economy and with public safety, but she said voters showed in the midterm elections that they want the Republican Party to have a different leader.
“I could not support him. I just couldn’t,” she said.
Republicans were hoping for a red wave to lead the party to significant gains in the House and Senate in the midterms, but Democrats outperformed the polls in many races.
The GOP appears likely to win control of the House, but the margin will be much narrower than expected. Which party will control the Senate is uncertain.
Many Trump-backed candidates in key House, Senate and gubernatorial races have either lost or are in significant jeopardy of losing, and several Republican strategists and aides blamed Trump for the losses in what looked like winnable races.
“A true leader understands when they have become a liability,” Sears said. “A true leader understands that it’s time to step off the stage, and the voters have given us that very clear message.”
She said voters are saying “enough is enough” and that America is “the prize.”
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Virginia’s GOP lt. governor won’t back Trump in 2024: "I just couldn’t" https://t.co/uS0xhqOxPJ pic.twitter.com/D4lG1sfk17
— The Hill (@thehill) November 10, 2022
Welp!
VA Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, who was the national chair of Black Americans to Re-elect the President in 2020, says "I could not support" Trump if he decides to run for president in 2024.
"We have a clear mission, and it is time to move on." pic.twitter.com/q9vUqUGbHA
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 10, 2022
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