Former Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania announced he would not vote for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Toomey, during a recent appearance on MSNBC, shared, “First of all, I voted for Donald Trump twice in 2016 and 2020, but when you lose an election, and you try to overthrow the results, so you can stay in power, you lose me.”

The former Senator added, “We need Republican control of the Senate and that’s essential.”

Later in the interview, Toomey criticized Harris for moving further to the left by picking Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.

BREAKING: In a stunning moment on CNBC, former PA GOP Senator Pat Toomey says he won’t be voting for Trump in November:

“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.”pic.twitter.com/pX0O1fZmvp

— Trump L’s (@Trump_Losses) September 3, 2024

Per Politics PA:

Former Pennsylvania Republican senator Pat Toomey said that he would not be voting for either Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris for president.

Toomey, a Republican who served on the Senate Banking and Finance committees, appeared Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and told hosts Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin that while the outcome is a binary situation, his choice is not.

When asked by Kernan if a vote not for Trump is a vote for Harris, Toomey said, “First of all, I voted for Donald Trump twice in 2016 and 2020 but when you lose an election and you try to overthrow the results, so you can stay in power, you lose me.

“We need Republican control of the Senate and that’s essential,” Toomey continued. “If the other side runs the table, then they will repeal the filibuster and they will be dragged by their left wing, which is clearly in charge now.

“It’s huge tax increases. It’s probably some version of Medicare For All. It might even get to an expansion of the Supreme Court, because there will be no breaks. But the good news is, I think Republicans are going to take the Senate.”

Toomey was critical of Harris and her selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, saying the choice indicated a move left.

"Neither Trump nor Harris will be my choice for president," says Fmr. Senator Pat Toomey when it comes to the presidential race. pic.twitter.com/RNLsg659gh

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) September 3, 2024

Per The Hill:

Former Sen. Pat Toomey (R), who represented the key state of Pennsylvania for 12 years in the Senate, says he won’t vote for former President Trump or Vice President Harris in November’s election.

Toomey noted during an interview on CNBC that he voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 but can’t bring himself to support Trump again because of his efforts to overturn the results of the last presidential election.

“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.

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

Toomey, who retired from the Senate at the end of 2022, was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump at his second impeachment trial on the charge of inciting an insurrection against the United States.