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‘I want a fighter’: Donald Trump Jr. lobbying dad to pick one of these possible running mates
NY Post ^ | March 23, 2024 | Jon Levine

Posted on 03/23/2024 12:06:45 PM PDT by conservative98

Donald Trump Jr. is lobbying his father to select a running mate who can take a punch — and hit back even harder, he told The Post.

“What I want in that role is I want a fighter,” Trump Jr. said. “I understand what they are going to throw at us.

“In 2016 you needed someone to balance out [the ticket] — that’s where Mike Pence made sense, sort of the yin and yang, but [given] the vicious nature of the swamp and the insanity we see on a daily basis, you need someone who can take those hits,” said Trump Jr., 46, the oldest of the former president’s five children.

The former first son — who speaks to his father daily, often several times a day — said he’s been pushing people like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio); Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and former GOP presidential candidate; and Tucker Carlson

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jdvance; magadeathcult; trump; trumpvance; vp; yawn
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Look it up. They can be from the same state, but the Electors from that state can only vote for one of them.

-PJ

161 posted on 03/23/2024 2:56:33 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: higgmeister

I think he would not be interested in being President if something were to happen to DJT or in 2028. We need someone who can hit the ground running in both cases.


162 posted on 03/23/2024 2:57:37 PM PDT by vivenne (⁹)
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To: higgmeister

Show host? no!


163 posted on 03/23/2024 3:05:36 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Could be. But who? Would have to a trans, black, pro-abortion, loud mouth
...on and on. Hope he’s learned his lesson. Did he forget The Art of the Deal.


164 posted on 03/23/2024 3:10:35 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: Reno89519

Ramaswammy should have gone into show business. Great actor.


165 posted on 03/23/2024 3:13:09 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: twister881

Some rapper.


166 posted on 03/23/2024 3:14:27 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: 4Liberty

How about Trump Jr. ??


167 posted on 03/23/2024 3:18:04 PM PDT by oldbrowser ( democrats and Democracy are polar opposites)
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To: conservative98

No Senators.
No Vivek


168 posted on 03/23/2024 3:21:11 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: No name given

Trump is never going to pick DeSantis and DeSantis doesn’t want the job.


169 posted on 03/23/2024 3:22:24 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Eccl 10:2

>>Clean house down to the studs.<<
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Like that expression. If Trump wins, he should institute a Javier Milei program of ripping out Federal departments and agencies root & branch. Thirty-five percent reduction in government year 1, an additional 25% in year 2, exclusive of uniformed military, which should be at least doubled.


170 posted on 03/23/2024 3:23:31 PM PDT by twister881
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To: MtnClimber

Flynn would cost votes. You need a VP candidate who brings votes with them. That’s why I firmly believe Pence was Ryan’s deal for backing Trump. Pence brought nothing with him to the ticket. We do not need anyone from Texas, or Florida, the GOP will do okay in those States. Same with places like California or Colorado, you cannot swing those states with a VP pick, unless it is Taylor Swift. You need someone who can bring a swing State with them. AZ, NV, PA, MI or WI. I despise the GOP and am happy my district is a GOP lock so I do not have to vote for the POS in Congress.


171 posted on 03/23/2024 3:23:46 PM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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To: Alberta's Child

Thank you.
Not to mention he IMMEDIATELY turned on the Florida Tea Party that got him elected lo those many years ago.
Shakes head, how soon they forget…
The Hillary Meme with Rubio - “Oh Pool Boy…”

Lord, Please - guide and strengthen us!
Tatt


172 posted on 03/23/2024 3:32:39 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: higgmeister
He is old school Rockefeller Republican moderate

Wow, that's a mouthfull. Who you trying to impress yourself or whomever?

173 posted on 03/23/2024 3:37:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Churchillspirit
Not my choice, mind you, but I think it is too likely the one that Trump will pick. An attractive women that mirrors many of his views, and he has always favored attractive women. As a veteran, a woman of color, etc., she will bolster him with independents more than any other candidates, might get some Dems as well. Hardcore progressive Dems are the only ones that strongly dislike her.

Okay, Melania may nix the choice as Tulsi is clearly more attractive.

174 posted on 03/23/2024 3:42:52 PM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: Spacetrucker

Does not matter - Family has no business running the WH or advising. Nepotism.


175 posted on 03/23/2024 3:48:34 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Agreed, if Trump gets back into the White House, he needs to keep 100% of the family away. He’s wobbly on many issues and too many times in the past it became apparent in reports that he tilted toward his family’s counseling, e.g., illegal immigration.


176 posted on 03/23/2024 3:50:22 PM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: BrexitBen

Bingo


177 posted on 03/23/2024 3:53:06 PM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: 4Liberty

“I’d support someone like Mike Flynn”

This.

Others mentioned certainly have potential.

But the Deep State fears Flynn like Trump.

I’m in with Flynn.

If not VP, can he run the DOJ?

He might be even more effective there.


178 posted on 03/23/2024 3:55:47 PM PDT by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
"To be A heart beat away from the Presidency it has to be someone ready to hit the ground running."

Yeah, I agree with with that one.. There are a lot pretty boys out there, but what's needed is someone who can do the job and not look like a deer caught in the headlights.. Someone with a good set of teeth....someone who bites back, if you know what I mean.

179 posted on 03/23/2024 3:59:15 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: conservative98

Priority #1: Meets NBC requirements (via 12th Amendment). Must meet all qualifications to be POTUS. No anchor babies, who are by definition NOT Natural Born Citizens.


180 posted on 03/23/2024 4:00:18 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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