Former Massachusetts Governor to challenge Trump for presidency

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announced on Friday he would be launching a presidential exploratory committee to run in 2020 as a Republican and challenge President Donald Trump, CNN reports.

"I hope to see the Republican Party assume once again the mantle of being the party of Lincoln. It upsets me that our energies as a society are being sapped by the President's culture of divisiveness in Washington," he said in New Hampshire, adding, "Because of the many concerns I've talked about today, I've established an exploratory committee ... as a Republican in the 2020 election."

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