WASHINGTON (TND) — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan won’t be voting for former President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election, he told Yahoo Finance Tuesday.

The remark came during the Milken Institute Global Conference, an annual event where business and political leaders gather to discuss key issues. Ryan explained his decision is due to a desire to hold Trump accountable for his lack of “character.”

“Character is too important to me,” Ryan said. “[The presidency] is a job that requires the kind of character [Trump] doesn’t have.”

Ryan instead plans to write in another Republican figured, he said.

“I really disagree with [President Biden] on policy,” Ryan said. “I wrote in a Republican the last time, I’m gonna write in a Republican this time.”

“I don’t know why yet,” the former speaker added.

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Ryan served as House speaker for two years during the Trump presidency. He has since become a vocal critic of the former president, describing Trump in November as an “authoritarian narcissist.”

“Trump’s not a conservative,” Ryan said during a virtual event at the time. “He’s a populist, authoritarian narcissist. So, historically speaking, all of his tendencies are basically where narcissism takes him, which is whatever makes him popular, make him feel good at any given moment.”

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