US Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and other US senators unveiled legislation that would allow the Biden administration to “ban or prohibit” foreign technology products such as the Chinese-owned video app TikTok during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US. . , March 7, 2023.
Bonnie Cash | Reuters
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election when his current term expires in early 2025.
Romney (76 years old) said in a video clip posted on the “X” website (formerly Twitter): “Frankly, it is time for a new generation of leaders.”
Romney said in August that he would reveal his decision about running for another term in the Senate by the fall.
Romney was elected to the Senate in 2018, a return to elected office for the former Massachusetts governor who made a failed bid to oust then-President Barack Obama in 2012.
In Congress, Romney has distinguished himself as one of the few outspoken Republican critics of former President Donald Trump. He was the only Republican to vote to convict Trump after his first impeachment trial in early 2020, a decision that sparked sarcastic reactions from Trump and his allies.
But Romney’s hostility to Trump existed before he was elected to the Senate. In the 2016 election cycle, Romney unleashed a torrent of criticism against Trump, denouncing the then-rising GOP star as a “fraud” and encouraging voters to choose one of his remaining primary rivals.
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