Posted on 01/16/2016 11:54:23 AM PST by TBBT
If you want confirmation of how seriously Donald Trump takes social conservatism, look no further than today’s report from New Hampshire that he would consider former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown as a running mate:
Speaking to a crowd at a Portsmouth, N.H., rally hosted by Scott Brown on Saturday, Donald Trump said the former senator would make a “very good†vice president.
After Trump asked Brown whether he would consider running for public office again, a member of the audience floated the idea of a Trump-Brown ticket in 2016.
“Vice president – hey, that sounds like it could, hey, hey, very good,†Trump responded.
“Hey, you know what? And he’s central casting. Look at that guy. Central casting,†he added. “He’s great. Great guy and a great, beautiful, great wife and family. So important.â€
Brown hosted Trump in the Granite State as a part of his “No BS Backyard BBQ†series.
Now, buttering up the locals to get endorsements or favorable press is an old political tradition, and as with just about everything Trump says, the simplest explanation here is simply that he said whatever happened to be running through his brain at the instant he was asked the question. Unfortunately, our record of the kind of decisions Trump makes in politics after deliberating for more than a split second is…completely empty. So let’s take this as seriously as we would take any other Trump pronouncement on the trail.
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He couldn’t possibly be that stupid.
New York values
He was indulging the audience since Brown hosted him. This a big nothing burger.
He floated Cruz many times.
A true conservative.
Well said!!!!!!!!
There you go. In action.
This is just plain stupid,
Brown would bring zero to the game.
Rubio a boatload of latins,
Fiorina or Niki Haley a boat load of the ladies.
Brown, again, zero.
Hey look, Erick Erickson’s Homo RedState is now a bastion of social conservatism. Who knew?
Trump is no conservative. Abortion, gay marriage, the loss of religious liberty—no big deals to him.
a guy who could make an impossibly conflicted statement like this.... could indeed be
“…I am pro-choice in every respect as far as it goes, but I just hate it.” DJT!
Either Don McLaughlin is a fabricator, or Trump is a fool. Nobody likes GOP-e Bolshevist Scott Brown, not even the rest of the GOP-e.
That would be terribly stupid of Trump. I doubt he hinted at it and if he did It was probably for his hosts sake.
Scott Brown is a proven loser. Trump’s not going to pick a proven loser.
My guess is Kasich and Christie. Kasich might say no though so probably Christie.
Jeb? Charlie Crist? Lieawatha?
Probably true. However, make sure to inform all the anti-Cruz posters (and Trump himself) that Cruz gets a pass for his comments on gay marriage (which didn’t actually contradict anything he’s said before) when speaking to his fundraiser host.
Trump in no way said he was considering Brown. How absurd. Someone yelled Brown’s name as VP from the crowd. Trump just went along to be gracious. That is in no way and endorsement. How dishonest.
At this point, There’s no reason not to close off any realistic option.
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