GOP Sen. Todd Young: I Won’t Be Supporting Trump

The Hill reports:

Republican Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), whose relationship with former President Trump has frayed after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, said Thursday he won’t be backing the former president’s bid to return to the White House, one day after Trump’s controversial CNN town hall.

“I don’t intend to support him for the Republican nomination,” Young told reporters Thursday. When asked what his reason was for refusing to endorse Trump, who has a commanding lead in GOP primary polls, Young replied, “Where do I begin?”

Young did not pick up an endorsement from Trump in his 2022 reelection campaign after the lawmaker said the former president bore responsibility for what happened on Jan. 6, 2021.

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GOP Sen. Todd Young told me he worries about Trump’s judgment after his comments last night not calling Putin a “war criminal” and not taking sides on Ukraine v. Russia. “That’s why I don’t intend to support him for the Republican nomination.” pic.twitter.com/amDvfyRa6c

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