Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Exploring GOP Primary Challenge to Trump [View all]

William Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts who two years ago ran for vice president on the Libertarian Party ticket, has become the first Republican to announce serious step toward challenging to President Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries.

Fiscally conservative but socially liberal, the 73-year-old Weld ran on the Libertarian party ticket with former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. But he re-registered as a Republican last month, and on Friday in New Hampshire said he has created a presidential exploratory committee.

While speaking to voters at the Politics and Eggs event at the Bedford Village Inn, Weld said Trump's priorities are skewed toward promoting himself and is "simply too unstable" to carry out the duties of his job.

"I'm here because I think our country is in grave peril and I cannot sit any longer quietly on the sidelines," Weld said.

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