By Guy Page and Paul Bean
On Sunday, March 3 Gov. Phil Scott urged all Vermonters to vote for Nicki Haley in Tuesday’s presidential primary.
On Monday, Haley dropped out of the race. That decision left Donald Trump the presumptive nominee of the Republican nomination.
On Thursday, at a press conference, Vermont Public reporter Peter Hirschfeld asked Gov. Scott, “Now that Nikki Haley has dropped out of the race, where do you see that going?”
In other words – will Vermont’s most famous, popular, and prominent Republican rally the divided party faithful behind the GOP presidential nominee?
Scott’s answer was an emphatic ‘no.’
Among other statements, Scott said Vermonters “should do everything they can, in my opinion, to stop Donald Trump from becoming president again.”
See the VDC video of Gov. Scott’s comments.