{"id":2031242,"date":"2023-09-13T22:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T02:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-discusses-age-as-he-leads-wave-of-older-senators-calling-it-quits\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T02:26:05","slug":"mitt-romney-discusses-age-as-he-leads-wave-of-older-senators-calling-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-discusses-age-as-he-leads-wave-of-older-senators-calling-it-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney leads older senators stepping down, discusses age."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitt-romney-discusses-age-as-he-leads-wave-of-older-senators-calling-it-quits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. Mitt Romney Calls for New Generation of Leaders<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with Politico, Sen. Mitt\u2062 Romney (R-UT) made a bold suggestion for older members \u200dof Congress: it&#8217;s time\u2062 to pass the torch to a new generation of\u2064 leaders. At 76 years old, Romney reflected on his legacy and time in\u2062 Congress, \u2063announcing that he would not seek\u200b reelection in 2024. He cited \u200bhis\u200d age as the reason behind his decision and encouraged other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-is-right-mcconnells-family-is-knee-deep-in-china-he-has-no-business-leading-the-republican-party-in-the-senate\/\" title=\"President Trump is Right \u2013 McConnell\u2019s Family is Knee-Deep in China \u2013 He Has No Business Leading the Republican Party in the Senate\">senior political leaders<\/a> to follow suit.<\/p>\n<h3>A Wave of \u200cRetirements<\/h3>\n<p>Romney is not alone \u2062in his decision. Several other older senators have also announced their\u2064 retirements. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) have all chosen to step aside this Congress. Additionally,\u200d there are increasing calls for senators like Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to consider retirement \u2063due to recent health \u200bconcerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look at Biden \u200dand I look at McConnell, and I say, &#8216;OK, these are guys in their early 80s,&#8221; Romney expressed. &#8220;I&#8217;d be in my mid-80s. \u200cIt&#8217;s not like I have to have this job for my \u200dego and my self-esteem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200c Call for New Presidential Nominees<\/h3>\n<p>Romney&#8217;s\u200b call for new leadership extends to the presidency as well. He believes neither President Joe Biden \u2063nor former President Donald Trump should be their parties&#8217; nominees. &#8220;I don&#8217;t see the leadership coming\u2063 from either person,&#8221; he stated. However, he did acknowledge the \u2063possibility of\u200c regret\u2062 if his party ends up nominating\u2063 someone other than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Romney also referenced a piece by Washington Post columnist David\u200c Ignatius, who argued against Biden running \u200cfor reelection. He expressed his hope \u200bthat &#8220;the White House will listen to David Ignatius.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from\u200c The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>Anti-Trump\u200d Stance<\/h3>\n<p>While Romney\u200b has positioned himself as \u2062a leading anti-Trump figure\u200d within the GOP, he indicated that he is not eager to engage in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-discusses-age-as-he-leads-wave-of-older-senators-calling-it-quits\/\" title=\"Mitt Romney leads older senators stepping down, discusses age.\">tough\u200d primary battle<\/a> against\u2062 a pro-Trump Republican. &#8220;You don&#8217;t spend six years of your life\u200c just \u2063to prove a point,&#8221; he remarked, referring to a hypothetical matchup with a \u200dpro-Trump challenger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), 76, urged older members of Congress to make way for a new generation of leaders. Reflecting on his time in Congress, Romney emphasized the importance of passing the torch. He announced that he would not seek reelection in 2024, highlighting his desire to contribute to the transition of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}