Politics

VP hopeful Weld is more interested in attacking Trump

Libertarian vice-presidential candidate William Weld takes the stage to speak at a rally in New York last month. Bryan R. Smith / AFP / Getty Images

The Libertarian vice presidential candidate, William F. Weld, said Tuesday that he plans to focus exclusively on blasting Donald Trump over the next five weeks, a strategic pivot aimed at denying Trump the White House and giving himself a key role in helping to rebuild the GOP.

Weld’s comments in a Globe interview mark a major shift in his mission since he pledged at the Libertarian convention in May that he would remain a Libertarian for life and would do all he could to help elect his running mate, Gary Johnson, the former Republican governor of New Mexico.

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