Just days before Donald Trump is expected to claim the GOP nomination, Sen. Mike Lee said he still hasn’t endorsed Trump, and probably won’t.
“I have not endorsed him, that has not changed. I don’t see that changing anytime soon,” the Utah Republican told radio host Glenn Beck on Monday.
“I would love to be won over, I would love to see him embracing federalism and separation of powers, I would love to see him talking about returning power to the people,” Lee added. “I haven’t heard that from him.”
Lee, who is acting as both a delegate and member of the Rules Committee, said he would vote against proposed party rules later on Monday to “make sure that the party establishment at the national level and the state and local level can’t squelch, can’t overtake the voices of grassroots activists.”
Lee led a failed effort this week to allow delegates to vote their conscience rather than binding them automatically to the winner of their state’s primary or caucus on first ballot on the convention floor. It was an effort to give the party a way to vote for someone other than Trump in light of the unease many in the party have with Trump.
“We were shut out, it was unfortunate and that’s one of the reasons why I intend to vote against rules package today,” said Lee.
