Each time Gov. Phil Scott has been asked about the presidential election in recent weeks, he has said he is still deciding (as he won’t support his party’s candidate, President Donald Trump).
On Friday, Vermont’s governor said he has finally made up his mind. But he won’t tell Vermonters who it is.
“I have not voted as yet,” Scott said at a press conference, adding that he plans to vote on Monday or Tuesday next week. “So I’m not ready to tell you how I’m voting, but I have made a decision.”
Scott has boasted during his re-election campaign that few prominent Republicans in the U.S. have been as outspoken against Trump as he has.
Scott Milne, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, told WDEV radio this week that he plans to vote for former Gov. Jim Douglas for president, even though he’s not running. Milne also voted for Douglas in 2016.
Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, who stumped for Scott on a zoom call last week, have also pledged not to vote for Trump. Hogan cast his vote for former President Ronald Reagan, who is dead, while Baker was still mulling it over as of a couple weeks ago.
— Colin Meyn
