Mitt Romney in The New York Times 2020s

On Government Reform: 2021: remove Trump from office; 2024: he's not fit to lead

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee who made a historic break with his party when he voted to remove former President Donald J. Trump from office [as the result of impeachment], announced that he would not seek re-election in 2024.

In the video announcing his retirement, Mr. Romney said that neither Mr. Biden nor Mr. Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican nomination, was addressing the nation's most critical challenges, including climate change, mounting debt and authoritarian threats from Russia and China, and hinted that they were not fit to lead the nation into the future.

Source: New York Times on 2024 Utah Senate race Jul 19, 2023

On Principles & Values: Time for new generation of leaders excluding Biden AND Trump

Mitt Romney announced that he would not seek re-election in 2024, saying he wanted to make way for a "new generation of leaders." He strongly suggested that Mr. Trump, 77, and President Biden, 80, should follow his lead and bow out to pave the way for younger candidates, arguing that neither was effectively leading his party to confront the "critical challenges" the nation faces.

"At the end of another term, I'd be in my mid-80s. Frankly, it's time for a new generation of leaders," Mr. Romney, 76, said in a video statement. "They're the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in."

"It would be a great thing if both President Biden and former President Trump would stand aside," Mr. Romney told reporters later on Capitol Hill.

Source: New York Times on 2024 Utah Senate race Jul 19, 2023

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