U.S. Senator\u00a0Todd Young\u00a0(R-Ind.) has announced that he will not be voting for former President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0in the upcoming November election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPrincipled conservatives need to incentivize our party to nominate somebody that principled conservatives can believe in. I’m tired of having my vote taken for granted,\u201d the Indiana Republican announced on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Washington Examiner’s Emily Jacobs reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young split from the former president after he refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, though he voted against impeachment. He pledged not to vote for Trump again in 2023 over his conciliatory tone toward Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> and the war in Ukraine and has remained undeterred by the wave of endorsements from his GOP colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Young said it was fair for people to ask if abstaining from casting a vote in November would \u201creward one person at the expense of the other,\u201d adding, \u201cMy response is, at some point, principled conservatives need to incentivize our party, the Republican Party<\/a>, to nominate somebody that principled conservatives can actually believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStated differently, I’m tired of having my vote taken for granted,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think a lot of Hoosiers are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n