Exchange of the Day

Mitt Romney was interviewed by Kasie Hunt on MSNBC:

HUNT:  Will you vote for President Trump in 2020?  You said you think he’s going to get re-elected.

ROMNEY:  It – it’s too early to say who I will support.  Yes, I did say I think he’ll get reelected.  That’s not an endorsement.  I mean I – I also think that Gavin Newsome will get elected in California.  That’s not something I want to see, that’s just something that’s probably going to happen.

HUNT:  Do you want somebody to run against him? Against President Trump?

ROMNEY:  It’s not a question of want.  There will be people who decide, I presume, to get in a Republican primary.  I think the president’s support among Republicans – what is it now?  Ninety percent approval?  It suggests he will be able to become the nominee relatively easily.  And I think the Democrats, if any indication comes from New York last night, I think the Democrats are going to go further left. They’re likely to nominate someone further from the mainstream of American thought and in a setting like that, I think the president gets re-elected.

HUNT:  But you’re not yet willing to say that you’ll vote for him?

ROMNEY:  I’m not willing to say who I’m going to support at this stage.  That’s a little early for that, but the time will come.