Former Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said he will not vote for either of the leading presidential candidates this November, citing disillusionment with both.
Toomey represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005. He then served in the Senate from 2011 to 2023, when he decided not to seek reelection.
The former Republican lawmaker said Tuesday he will not vote for former President Donald Trump despite having done so twice in the past.
“When you lose an election and you try to overturn the results so that you can stay in power, you lose me,” he said.
When CNBC host Joe Kernen pressed the former senator on supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, Toomey pushed back, saying the choice for him is not “binary.”
Toomey added that a Republican-controlled Senate would be essential to keep Harris in check as president.
“If the other side runs the table, then Katie, bar the door,” he said. “They will repeal the filibuster, and they will be dragged by their left wing, which clearly is in charge now — and I think Kamala Harris proved that with her vice presidential selection.”
Harris, during the first major sit-down interview of her campaign Thursday, said she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet, citing a desire to have diversity of thought in her administration.
“I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion,” she said. “I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences.”
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said the next day Trump would be open to appointing a Democrat to his own Cabinet.
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