Retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney mentioned he was astonished how badly Democrats misinterpret the citizens within the 2024 elections.
Talking in a wide-ranging interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Romney mentioned, “I take a look at this final election. Uh, I shake my head as I take a look at our Democrat associates. How might they’ve so badly misinterpret the general public temper?”
Romney, who in 2012 was the final Republican presidential nominee apart from Donald Trump, cited inflation — “Do you not see what individuals are seeing once they go to the grocery retailer?” — as one thing Democrats didn’t acknowledge as a giant drawback for People. He additionally talked about immigration and gender points as different areas the place he thought President Joe Biden and the Democratic Occasion didn’t precisely gauge public perceptions and emotions.
“The Democrats have badly misinterpret the route of the nation and the perspective of the nation,” he mentioned. “And President Trump took benefit of that, as effectively he ought to.”
He noticed bother forward for the Democratic Occasion.
“Look, the Republican Occasion has turn out to be the social gathering of the working class, center class voter, and you have to give Donald Trump credit score for having carried out that,” he informed host Jake Tapper. “Taking that away from the Democrats.”
The 77-year-old opted to not run for one more time period within the Senate; Republican Rep. John Curtis received the open seat. Romney gave a farewell speech on the Senate on Wednesday. Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell praised his “lengthy and honorable profession on the nationwide political stage.”
Romney has been one of many Republicans most crucial of Trump over the past decade. Chatting with Tapper, Romney declined to say who he voted for this 12 months for president.
“There is a great factor we have now on this nation,” he informed Tapper, “which is the key poll. So I am not telling you who I voted for in 2024.”
