A new book claims Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) considered taking one for the country in 2016 in order to thwart Donald Trump s burgeoning presidential ambitions.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee was willing to wage a quixotic and humiliating presidential bid if thats what it took to stop Trump, author McKay Coppins wrote in Romney: A Reckoning, per a report in The Guardian on Wednesday .

Romney considered attempting to unite GOP opposition against Trump by sharing a ticket with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), even though hed previously described Cruz in his journal as scary and a demagogue, according to the book.

But Romney didnt think the gambit would actually succeed in taking down Trump, wrote Coppins. The problem was that no one else in the party seemed to know what to do about Trump, either.