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TexasTowelie

(111,978 posts)
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 12:23 AM Sep 2021

Retiring GOP Sen. Toomey says Trump should not lead ticket in 2024

Sen. Pat Toomey has urged his party not to nominate former President Donald Trump as its presidential candidate in 2024, calling his conduct in the aftermath of the 2020 election “completely unacceptable.”

The Pennsylvania Republican voted to convict Trump in the impeachment trial over his role in stoking the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters, fueled by the former president’s misinformation about the election being “stolen” due to widespread voter fraud.

Speaking to CNBC at the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy on Friday, Toomey, who is not seeking reelection in 2022, suggested his party consider other presidential nominees in 2024.

“I think that the future of our party is to be a party of ideas, and not to be a party about any one individual, and I think we will learn a lot from the next set of primaries,” he said.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/trump-should-not-lead-gop-ticket-in-2024-retiring-sen-pat-toomey-says.html

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Retiring GOP Sen. Toomey says Trump should not lead ticket in 2024 (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2021 OP
if he is retiring he should be voting with democrats nt msongs Sep 2021 #1
Ya think? samplegirl Sep 2021 #2
Thanks for nothin' FakeNoose Sep 2021 #3

FakeNoose

(32,599 posts)
3. Thanks for nothin'
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 09:21 AM
Sep 2021

... say the voters of Pennsylvania. Toomey would not have gotten a 2nd term, that's for sure.

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