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To: Zhang Fei
"The meeting will also produce renewed speculation that Trump is looking at tapping DeSantis as his running mate."
Both are citizens of Florida. The 12 Amendment to the Constitution would mean that the electors from Florida (a state that Trump will need) would be subject to being disqualified.
14 posted on 04/28/2024 3:23:01 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Hiddigeigei

[Both are citizens of Florida. The 12 Amendment to the Constitution would mean that the electors from Florida (a state that Trump will need) would be subject to being disqualified.]


As someone with residences in multiple states, not a problem for Trump.

https://www.history.com/news/can-the-president-and-vice-president-be-from-the-same-state
[But if an election turns out to be particularly close, the rule could potentially come into play. It almost did in the notoriously contentious election of 2000. When Texas Gov. George W. Bush chose Dick Cheney as his running mate on the Republican ticket, Cheney had been living and voting and paying taxes for five years in Texas. Shortly before the election, however, Cheney obtained a Wyoming driver’s license and put his Dallas home on the market. (He had a vacation home in Wyoming, which is the state he had formerly represented in the U.S. Congress.)]


16 posted on 04/28/2024 3:29:01 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Hiddigeigei

WOW I didnt know that..I hope that Trump is aware of that..I still think he ends up picking Tim Scott


17 posted on 04/28/2024 3:29:21 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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