- Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) acknowledged on Wednesday that he privately pitched Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on the idea of starting a new political party ahead of the 2024 election.
- Romney, 76, made the comments while speaking to reporters in his office a few hours after announcing his surprise decision not to seek a second term in the Senate next year.
- The Utah senator was asked by the Washington Examinerabout his admission in a wide-ranging interview released Wednesday that he had approached Manchin in April after discussing the idea hypothetically for months.
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Romney Admits Pitching Manchin On Starting A Third Party
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing to discuss President Joe Biden's budget request for FY 2022 on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
