Posted on 01/04/2024 6:39:29 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner for president in 2024, told Breitbart News exclusively during a two-hour-plus interview at Mar-a-Lago last week that the person who gets the nod for vice president will not make much difference in the grand scheme of things regarding winning the election.
“If you study the history of presidential runs, a vice president has never made a difference—which is surprising,” Trump said. “It’s a one-night story, and then they’re back to a regular evening. They’re voting for the president. They’re not voting for the vice president. There has, not that I can think of, never been a vice president that’s made much of a difference in terms of nomination and in terms of even winning the election.”
While Trump did not get into specifically whom he would pick if he wins the nomination as expected or a timeline for an eventual decision, he did say that Republicans have a deep bench, and lots of people would be good choices.
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Biden picked Kamala Harris as his Insurance Policy against being impeached.
Trump needs to pick someone who is MEGA-MEGA MAGA to be his VP and be his Insurance Policy against being impeached.
Who is that person????
Gen. Flynn
when you are in your late 70’s, you need not only a competent running mate but also a younger one. i would go for De Santis, Pompeo, Youngkin
Vivek. Or Ron. Or if you wanna get really original then Carlson.
Off the top of my head the current SOH might serve well. Need to give it more thought.
Vivek is not an Article 2 Section 1 natural born Citizen. He’s constitutionally ineligible.
Gregg Abbott should be on that list
Carlson is best fit for Press Secretary. I don’t think he knows the ropes and intricacies of DC machinations to be potential President.
Deep Bench?????
Any real analysis of this?
Krispy Kreme is a good example?
Here I disagree with President Trump. A VP is a step from the President. The position hasn’t had the need to take over in the recent years. That’s why it wouldn’t make a difference. Had Pence become president....yikes!
Those are three horrible anti-maga globalist choices.
I don’t have good juju about Pompeo. Could be wrong. I just wonder why he did not blow the whistle on corrupt CIA and DOJ.
“””Trump needs to pick someone who is MEGA-MEGA MAGA to be his VP and be his Insurance Policy against being impeached.”””
Would Marjorie Taylor Greene be that person?
Trump’s right. That said, Trump needs to choose a person who can be President if necessary.
No ‘woman’ for the sake of ‘a woman’...
Same with all other democrat victim grievance groups. Trump needs to go with loyalty, intelligence, competence, merit and balls... someone who can stand up to the deep state and lead the country.
The Constitution has cr@p stains all over it from the handiwork of the DEMs. I wouldn't be too certain about the eligibility question.
My choice was Rand until today. His dad’s podcast criticized the killing of Solemani. Ron Paul gave him credit for doing ‘too good’ a job in Iran’s interest. That;’s my problem with Libertarians. On paper they’re perfect. On foreign policy they have their heads buried in the sand.
“”””Trump enters the Presidency as a lame duck. Rarely does a former President run for the Presidency again. This VP is the continuation of the ‘maga’ movement, perhaps the most important vp consideration in a long, long time.””””
So very true, if the veep is a strong threat to win the following term then it removes a lot of the weakness of Trump being a lame-duck one-term president.
He’s preppin’ y’all for some Nikki!
Well, I can think of at least one vice presidential candidate that may have made a difference: In 1992, George H W Bush ran for a second term with Dan Quayle still on the ticket. There were many voters,who did not feel positive about keeping him on board. While leaving Quayle as Vice President may not have cost Bush the 5 million votes he lost by, it certainly dampened the enthusiasm of his potential voters who may have cast their votes among almost 20 million for Ross Perot.
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