Watch: Former GOP Senator Breaks With Trump

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    A well-known former Republican Senator doesn’t plan to support Donald Trump in the 2024 November election – or Kamala Harris for that matter.

    Former Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey said during an interview on CNBC that he voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 but is firmly against casting a ballot for Trump again.

    “When you lose an election and you try to overturn the results so that you can stay in power, you lose me. You lose me at that point,” Toomey said during a contentious back-and-forth exchange with “Squawk Box” host Joe Kernen.

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    Toomey acknowledged he doesn’t support Harris and views many of her policies as economically disastrous.

    “I acknowledge that the outcome is a binary situation, but my choice is not,” Toomey said when Kernen insisted the former senator would in essence be voting to benefit Harris by not voting for Trump.

    “It is an acceptable position for me to say that neither of these candidates can be my choice for president,” Toomey said.

    Toomey argued Republican control of the Senate would be “essential” to keep Harris in check if she’s elected to the Oval Office.

    “The answer to that is Republican control of the Senate and that is absolutely essential,” he said of the prospect of Harris proposing major tax increases as president.

    “If the other side runs the table, then Katie bar the door. 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,” he warned, referring to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

    He predicted Harris would push “huge tax increases” and “some version of ‘Medicare for All’” if she is elected president.

    “The good news is I think Republicans are going to take the Senate,” he said.

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