Republican Sen. Mitt Romeny doesn’t want to endorse anyone for president because he thinks putting his name behind any candidate will be a ‘kiss of death’ as he prepares to leave Congress at the end of his term in 2025.

The Utah senator wishes his colleague Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) would be on the Democratic ticket rather than President Joe Biden.

While Romeny wouldn’t reveal on Sunday who he plans to vote for, he said he will absolutely not cast his ballot for former President Donald Trump.

He also had praises for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley – but said his vote in Utah doesn’t matter because it’s deep Trump country.

‘I hope someone besides President Biden is the nominee of the Democrat party. We’ll see who that might be,’ Romney told NBC News Meet the Press host Kristen Welker on Sunday morning.

Sen. Mitt Romeny says he won’t endorse any 2024 candidate because that would be ‘the kiss of death’ for their campaign

Asked if he would vote for Biden if it was between him and Trump in 2024, Romney said: ‘The Joe I would like to vote for is Joe Manchin.’

‘I’m not going to tell you right now who I’m going to vote for,’ he added. ‘Utah is going to be for Donald Trump, so it’s kind of irrelevant.’

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Manchin, a moderate Democrat, announced he is not running for reelection to his long held Senate seat in West Virginia. It further fueled speculation that he is planning to launch a third party bid in 2024.

But Romney, an anti-Trump Republican also leaving Congress at the end of his term, said he doesn’t think Manchin is going to run in this election.

‘No I don’t, but I wish he would,’ the senator told Welker when asked if Manchin might run. ‘I wish he’d be the Democratic nominee.’

‘By the way, there are a couple of Democrats that I think would be a better nominee, I think, than President Biden.’

Romney said he thinks Amb. Haley has the best shot of being the Republican nominee other than Trump – but conceded it’s still a longshot bid.

Trump is ahead in national polls by at least 40 points and is still the far frontrunner in state-wide polling, as well.

Romney says he wishes Sen. Joe Manchin were the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024

Christie, Romney claims, is the reason Trump has refused to show up to any of the four Republican presidential primary debates so far.

‘If I endorse someone it would be a kiss of death. I’m not going to do that,’ Romney said on Sunday.

‘Should I endorse the person I like least right now?’ he joked. ‘I’m not going to be endorsing President Trump, obviously. I’ve made that very clear.’

‘Look, Chris Christie has done a terrific job so far. I think his being in the race has kept Donald Trump from coming to the debates,’ the Utah senator explained. ‘Because I think Donald Trump recognized if he went to the debate with Chris Christie, Chris Christie would reveal him for what he was and Trump would be badly hurt.’

Romeny pretty much ruled out casting his ballot for Trump or Biden, claiming it’s a choice between ‘someone who’s too old and someone who’s too nutty.’