Former Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said he will not vote for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

“I voted for Donald Trump twice, in 2016 and 2020, but when you lose an election and you try to overturn the result so that you can stay in power, you lose. You lose me at that point,” Toomey told CNBC host Joe Kernen on Squawk Box, according to Newsweek.

“Neither Trump nor Harris will be my choice for president,” he added.

The former senator said he does not support Kamala Harris because he views many of her economic policies as disastrous.

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"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 Newsweek:

Asked who he would support if the race came down to one vote and that was his vote, Toomey said: “It is an acceptable position for me to say that neither of these candidates would be my choice for president.” Instead, Toomey said that Republicans should focus on controlling the Senate.

“That is absolutely essential,” he said, adding that he thinks the GOP will be able to achieve such a result. “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.”

Toomey served on the Senate banking and finance committees during his time in office. He represented the state of Pennsylvania for 12 years in the Senate, before retiring from politics in 2020—delivering a blow to the GOP in the state.

“Price controls won’t fix inflation but it likely will lead to shortages and other distortions. We’ve seen this playbook in countries like Venezuela, and the result would be the same here. Vice President Harris’s proposal to address inflation is fundamentally unserious,” Toomey previously said.

Price controls won’t fix inflation but it likely will lead to shortages and other distortions.

We've seen this playbook in countries like Venezuela, and the result would be the same here.

Vice President Harris's proposal to address inflation is fundamentally unserious.

— Pat Toomey (US Sen. ret.) (@SenToomey) August 16, 2024

From The Hill:

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.

And he argued Senate Republicans could “mitigate” a future President Harris’s executive actions “by its power of confirmation.”

“They’ve got to hang tough on some of these nominees,” he said of what Senate Republicans would need to do in 2025 if they win control of the Senate to slow Harris’s agenda.

Toomey represented Pennsylvania in the Senate from January 2011 to January 2023.