Mitt Romney Predicts JD Vance Will Be GOP Nominee In 2028 — Declares ‘Trump Is The Republican Party’

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) predicted that Vice President-elect JD Vance succeed Donald Trump in 2028 as the GOP nominee because “MAGA is the Republican party.”

During a Sunday morning interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, Romney said he believes the future of the Republican party will follow in the footsteps of MAGA personalities like JD Vance even after Trump leaves office.

Throughout his tenure in the Senate, Romney openly criticized Trump and opposed his candidacy during the primary election by supporting Nikki Haley.

Romney, who previously criticized Vance as a senator, said the vice president-elect is “smart, well spoken and part of the MAGA movement.”

TAPPER: Do you think that there’s still do you still think there’s going to be a post-Trump Republican Party or is MAGA now the Republican Party?

ROMNEY: MAGA is the Republican Party and Donald Trump is the Republican Party today. And if you were to ask me who the nominee will be in 2028, I think it’ll be J.D. Vance. All right. He’s smart, well-spoken, part of the MAGA movement.

TAPPER: You said something pretty harsh about him a few months ago, though you could not have less respect for somebody than JD.

ROMNEY:  Long ago. I’m not going to rehash history, and we’ve worked together in the Senate since then. But. But I know that that is what the Republican Party is. And will the party need to change? Look, the Republican Party has become the party of the working class, middle class voter. And you’ve got to give Donald Trump credit for having done that.

Watch the clip above via CNN.