WASHINGTON Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced he wont support Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential race, a day after a controversial CNN town hall where the former president repeated election lies, mocked a woman who accused him of sexual assault and refused to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal.

You want a nominee to win the general election. As President Trump says, I prefer winners, Young told HuffPost on Thursday when asked about Trumps performance at the CNN event in New Hampshire. He consistently loses. In fact, he has a habit of losing not just his own elections, but losing elections for others.

I cant think of someone worse equipped to bring people together to pass legislation and advance our collective values than the former president, the senator added. I dont think conservatives would be well served by electing someone whose core competency seems to be owning someone on Twitter.

Young, a former U.S. Marine known for working across the aisle, won a second term in 2022 despite not having Trumps endorsement, after he said the former president bore responsibility for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. He wont be facing voters again until 2028, giving him a degree of insulation from Trump supporters who may not like his comments.