Posted on 08/24/2019 12:16:04 PM PDT by Hojczyk
At a time when Republicans are starting to contemplate what their party will look like after Donald Trump leaves office, a rivalry has developed between the two politicians who cut markedly different profiles and signs of strain are bubbling to the surface.
The Pence team has recently asked senior Republicans for updates on Haleys outreach to donors. And with Haley embarking on a national fundraising tour and promoting a new outside political group, top Pence advisers blame her for persistent rumors that she will replace him on the Trump's ticket in 2020. Tensions flared after Haley chose not to publicly repudiate a Wall Street Journal column in June urging Trump to put her on the ticket.
Earlier this month, Haley took a swipe at Trump after his criticism of Baltimore and its black congressman, Elijah Cummings. This is so unnecessary, she wrote on Twitter, adding the eyeroll emoji. White House counselor and former Pence pollster Kellyanne Conway then fired back: THIS is so unnecessary. Trump-PENCE2020, Conway wrote of Haleys tweet.
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Burr was runner-up in the 1800 election so he became vice-president by Constitutional requirement and not Jefferson choice. The 12th Amendment was ratified before the 1804 election.
Madison replaced Clinton with Gerry.
Clinton died in office. Madison didn't have much of a choice for his second term
Cleveland had two, Hendricks and Adlai Stevenson
Hendricks also died in office.
McKinley had Hobart and Teddy Roosevelt
Hobart died in office.
Nixon had two, Agnew and Ford.
Agnew resigned.
Oops. I was born in New York City and have been American all my life but apparently I’m not a natural born American — both mom and dad were immigrants (Russia, Romania) and didn’t become US citizens until I was five.
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