You read THAT right….
He didn’t endorse Donald Trump for a second term…
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Saturday said he’ll back Bill Weld for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination, an endorsement the Weld campaign touted as the first sitting Republican governor to publicly oppose President Donald Trump’s reelection.
In a press conference, first reported by Vermont’s WPTZ, Scott announced his decision to back the fellow Republican and former Massachusetts governor.
“I’ve met with him before, I think a lot of him and his platform so I would be supporting him,” Scott said.
Weld, who was the vice presidential nominee on the 2016 Libertarian Party ticket with former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, took to Twitter soon after the announcement to thank Scott for his support….
image for GOP Presidential candidate Bill Weld….jimheath.tv
This should be good for a Trump rage tweet.
That is if it makes it to FOX News and he hears about it.
Since New Hampshire and Vermont are the last two states with two-year gubernatorial terms (Rhode Island was the last other state to do, but changed to 4-years in 2002), Scott is up for re-election in 2020 (& 2022) after winning in 2018.
Vermont tends to like moderate Republicans like George Aiken and James Jeffords, but is hardly sympathetic to Trumpism. However, some Trump fanatics in Vermont may be enraged enough to challenge Scott in a primary. I don’t know that much about the Green Mountain State’s current politics, but I’d hardly be surprised if Gov. Scott follows another Vermont tradition and leaves his current party to become an independent.
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