Charlie Baker 'Cannot Support Donald Trump For President'

Gov. Charlie Baker "cannot support Donald Trump for president" and may sit another presidential election out.

Baker's communications director said in a statement Wednesday afternoon the governor is focused on the pandemic, not the election.

"The governor cannot support Donald Trump for president and is focused on seeing Massachusetts through the pandemic," the statement said. "He'll leave the election analysis to the pundits."

The statement came two hours after Baker said at a press conference he'd "pass" when asked whether he'd support the president. When asked if he wouldn't vote at all, he replied, "we'll see."

Baker, a Republican, has been restrained but clear in his criticism of Trump for years. He didn't vote for Trump in 2016.

Last month Trump targeted Baker in a tweet over the governor's support of mail-in voting, a favorite target of the president.

"RINO Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts is unsuccessfully trying to defend Mail In Ballots, when there is fraud being found all over the place," Trump tweeted. "Just look at some of the recent races, or the Trump Ballots in Pennsylvania that were thrown into the garbage. Wrong Charlie!"