Herman Cain lashed out at the “Never Trump” crowd Monday, saying Republicans need to swallow their pride and unite behind the party’s presumptive nominee.

“Mitt [Romney] and all of the anti-Trump, ‘never Trump’ folk, look behind you,” Mr. Cain, a former presidential candidate and Fox News contributor, said on “Fox & Friends,” The Hill reported.

“There is no army. What they hear are the voices of these resistance people pushing against the presumptive nominee. There’s no army back there,” he continued. “The message is, you’re talking to yourselves. Get your egos out of the way and get behind the presumptive nominee.

“All of the people … who signed the pledge to back the presumptive nominee, now they’re going back on their word,” he added. “This is why people don’t like the establishment. They say one thing, they’ll do something else expecting the public to have very short memories.”

Mr. Cain said the establishment should help the controversial front-runner clarify any misconceptions about his policies, instead of “being wishy-washy” and “afraid” of his nomination.

Mr. Romney, the GOP’s 2012 nominee, said last week that he has no intention of voting for Mr. Trump in the general election. Mr. Romney’s name is also being floated as a possible third-party candidate.

Meanwhile, speaker Paul Ryan, who was Mr. Romney’s running mate in 2012, said he is “just not ready” to support Mr. Trump, The Hill reported.

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