The Republican governor of Vermont, Phil Scott, endorsed GOP presidential candidate Bill Weld in a show of defiance against President Trump.
Scott, 61, backed the former governor of Massachusetts at a press conference on Saturday, saying, “I’ve met with him before, I think a lot of him and his platform, so I would be supporting him,” according to the Hill.
The endorsement comes less than three weeks before Vermont’s March 3 primary. Trump has so far dominated the Republican nomination fight in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
“I’m a great admirer of @GovPhilScott of Vermont, and am delighted to have his endorsement in the Republican presidential primary on Super Tuesday. VT has been well served in the past by Republican governors, and Gov. Scott admirably extends that tradition,” Weld tweeted after Scott’s endorsement.
I’m a great admirer of @GovPhilScott of Vermont, and am delighted to have his endorsement in the Republican presidential primary on Super Tuesday. VT has been well served in the past by Republican governors, and Gov. Scott admirably extends that tradition.https://t.co/gTsjMN3UKj
— Gov. Bill Weld (@GovBillWeld) February 15, 2020
The endorsement came as no surprise as Scott is no fan of Trump. In September, the Vermont governor backed the impeachment investigation into Trump’s decision-making in holding up aid to Ukraine while seeking investigations into his political rivals. Trump was acquitted on two charges by the Senate earlier this month.
”I support getting the facts in that inquiry that’s happening today. So, I think these are serious allegations, and we need to make sure that we do the fact-finding and figure out what exactly did happen,” Scott said in the fall.
