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By all accounts, President Trump’s search for a running mate is entering the home stretch. And just like that, four of the 12 leading contenders that Axios profiled just two weeks ago are out—for now, anyway.Many expect Trump to choose a woman, a black, or a Hispanic to be his running mate, operating on the thesis that Trump just needs more diversity points to get over the hump next fall.We will, of course, support President Trump, no matter his choice. We want Trump to win in 2024, and we want his political revolution to win in the annals of history....

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...