Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal calling on Republican presidential primary candidates to drop out of the race by Feb. 26, 2024, if they have no chance of winning. Romney said if a large group stays in the race for too long they will split the non-Trump vote and hand the former president the victory.

“De­spite Don­ald Trump’s ap­par­ent in­evitabil­ity, a bak­er’s dozen Re­pub­li­cans are hop­ing to be­come the par­ty’s 2024 nom­i­nee for pres­i­dent. That is pos­si­ble for any of them if the field nar­rows to a two-per­son race be­fore Mr. Trump has the nom­i­na­tion sewn up,” Romney wrote.