Posted on 03/20/2024 10:12:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump is seriously considering Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his running mate, according to a new report.
NBC revealed on Thursday that it had spoken with "six people familiar with the presumptive Republican nominee's search for a 2024 running mate" and that Rubio is now a serious contender.
The outlet reported:
"The list is long, and it's extremely early in any kind of process," one Trump adviser said. "No one has been directly reached out to yet, and I do not expect that for some time."
But Trump's apparent seriousness about Rubio, a 52-year-old, third-term senator, hints at the former president's priorities and presents an intriguing set of potential complications.
Rubio is young and telegenic, he's spent more time in federal office than Vice President Kamala Harris, and, at a time when Trump is bullish on his chances of winning over Latino voters, he would be the first non-white person ever to make a Republican presidential ticket.
In other words, the Miami-born son of working-class Cuban immigrants looks good on paper and on television — a powerful combination for Trump.
Trump is also apparently interested in Rubio's fundraising ability:
The Trump team plans to test out top contenders on the campaign trail — auditions of a sort — at rallies and events in the coming months. They will also assess a necessary skill that Rubio has shown: the ability to raise money. He collected nearly $50 million for his 2016 presidential run.
However, the report also outlined possible impediments to Rubio joining the ticket, including a constitutional rule that prohibits electors from voting for a president and vice president from their own state:
It's not clear whether Rubio would be interested in moving in order to run for vice president, and he has raised the Constitution as a possible impediment — without fully ruling out the No. 2 slot — before.
"We’re both from the same state, so that’s probably not going to work that way,” Rubio said when he was asked about joining a Trump ticket on Fox News in January.
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There's a scenario being discussed in Florida political circles in which Rubio could resign his Senate seat in order to move to another state and join the ticket. That would give a big plum to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump's vanquished rival from this year's primary, in the form of a Senate appointment to hand out.
There is no doubt that Rubio would be a smart choice. A smooth and accomplished political performer, he previously played an important role advising Trump on matters pertaining to Latin America. A fluent Spanish speaker, Rubio could also offer Trump possible inroads with Hispanic communities and help lock down voters who have also fled communist oppression.
Yet Rubio has not always been so popular within MAGA circles due to his hawkish views on foreign policy and reputation as more of an establishment figure. The two men clashed during the 2016 presidential election cycle, with Trump mocking Rubio's size and propensity to sweat on the debate stage. However, Rubio endorsed Trump's campaign and the two men quickly buried the hatchet when Trump entered the Oval Office.
If Trump ultimately chooses someone else, he may still have a position for Rubio within his administration. Just this week, Semafor reported that Rubio and fellow Republican Senators Bill Hagerty and Tom Cotton are under consideration as members of his National Security Council.
It's blatantly obvious that those who say or write this CRAP are uneducated and IMBECILES!
Will Trump be running as a New Yorker?
Is there anything you ever say that is factual? Ever?
I should have read further, before posting the same thing. :-)
True and it’s NOT going to happen.
(Just don’t understand media and others pushing ineligible people to be VP candidates.)
It’s all about the left and RINOs endless intent to subvert the Constitution and our sovereignty. How do you do that? By installing a usurper subverting the Article 2 Section 1 natural born Citizen Clause. John Jay, the first chief justice of the supreme court, wrote this letter to George Washington when he was framing the presidential qualification clause:
To George Washington from John Jay, 25 July 1787
New York 25 July 1787
Dear Sir
I was this morning honored with your Excellency’s Favor of the 22d Inst: & immediately delivered the Letter it enclosed to Commodore Jones, who being detained by Business, did not go in the french Packet, which sailed Yesterday.
Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise & seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the american army shall not be given to, nor devolved on, any but a natural born Citizen.
Mrs Jay is obliged by your attention, and assures You of her perfect Esteem & Regard—with similar Sentiments the most cordial and sincere I remain Dear Sir Your faithful Friend & Servt
John Jay
Unpersuasive.
Dig John “strong check” Jay, a.k.a. John “not...any but” Jay, up and ask him if your anchor baby-philic NBC definition is sufficiently exclusive/has sufficient distinguishing power.
(Is there anything you ever say that is factual? Ever?)
Yes! Everything I post is the truth. That’s what good southern conservative Baptists do.
“...media and others pushing ineligible people to be VP candidates.”
Agree.
It’s groupthink. A form of insanity.
¿Miguel Penze?
Little Marco? Not buying it.
LOL, I think I see what you are doing there....
At my advanced age I’m not opposed to learning some Spanish Lingo, but not at the behest of 0bama.
No more neocons ever again.
They had their shot and they screwed up royally.
1) My kneejerk reaction is not a US senator for an executive position.
2) Trump is strong in Florida. Find a suitable person with swing-state ties.
3) Perhaps a female or a female vote-getter.
Btw, one great thing about Free Republic is only one person has to go to the click-bait site and the rest of us get to kick it around without buying the bait.
I bet Trump will pick Tulsi Gabbard. Woman, non-White, veteran, a moderate better matching life-long moderate Trump than anyone else. Aside from issue problems, she’s in ineligible American Samoan, not a natural born citizen.
Trump has been giving us clues by saying NY is in play. That means it’s Elise Stefanik or Lee Zeldin.
Loyalty has to be the first requirement for VP.
Surely Trump has learned from the Judas Pence fiasco.
Rubio voted to certify the 2020 Big Steal. Therefore, he is disqualified.
Hmmmm, Looks like a problem.
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