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Here’s Trump’s shortlist for vice president — some potential running mates may surprise you
New York Post ^ | Feb. 21, 2024 | Victor Nava

Posted on 02/21/2024 7:37:37 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek

Former President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday that at least five high-profile Republicans and one former Democrat are on his shortlist for potential running mates in the general election — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and onetime Democratic presidential primary candidate Tulsi Gabbard.

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I'd be OK with DeSantis (though it would take him away from being a proven conservative governor for an important state) or Ramaswamy. I would not be OK with Gabbard. I don't know enough about the others.
1 posted on 02/21/2024 7:37:37 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis


This is Trump’s way of testing DeSantis. Look at the response.


2 posted on 02/21/2024 7:39:57 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Not sure who it will be, but I know who it’s not gonna be

Nimrodarata


3 posted on 02/21/2024 7:41:34 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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The headline and article are B.S.

This is not "Trump's shortlist" for VP. It's a bunch of names given to him in an interview yesterday, and he said he'd consider them.

4 posted on 02/21/2024 7:41:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I concur with you. OTOH a MAGA VP candidate does not bring additional votes. It is all about winning elections. Losers of elections lose all power to change anything. So I will accept whoever Trump team decides will bring more votes from independents and even democrats. Only exception is I am dead set against Neocons of all stripes, since they are responsible for adding to the yuge fugly national debt, and loss of blood.


5 posted on 02/21/2024 7:42:52 AM PST by Bobbyvotes (MAGA all the way with PDJT!)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Trump knows what happens during campaigns. Everyone bites.

Now our favorite flag snatcher...icky Nikki...she's a different case...because she's being funded by Democrats.

6 posted on 02/21/2024 7:44:35 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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MTG should be on that list, at least she will to stick up for you when they through you in jail.


7 posted on 02/21/2024 7:44:54 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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But it will also be the likely successor candidate post-trump. I don’t want to go backwards after his term is up.


8 posted on 02/21/2024 7:45:14 AM PST by reed13k
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This is not "Trump's shortlist" for VP. It's a bunch of names given to him in an interview yesterday, and he said he'd consider them.

Well, he confirmed that they are all on his shortlist. There may be other names that we don't know about, but Trump had no reason to state that he has shortlisted these people if he hasn't.
9 posted on 02/21/2024 7:46:36 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Alberta's Child

yeah, trump and the media are playing rope-a-dope ...


10 posted on 02/21/2024 7:47:00 AM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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Thanks...I’ll have to delve deeper...because I don’t think he’s gonna let us know anytime soon...so as not to influence our decision.


11 posted on 02/21/2024 7:47:22 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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But it will also be the likely successor candidate post-trump. I don’t want to go backwards after his term is up.

Exactly. Trump will be 78 on Inauguration Day. His VP choice matters a lot. I'm not interested in seeing another George HW Bush inherit the Oval Office.
12 posted on 02/21/2024 7:48:21 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

His “shortlist” probably has hundreds of names on it.


13 posted on 02/21/2024 7:48:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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Matters not who it is


14 posted on 02/21/2024 7:50:01 AM PST by bigbob ( )
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It would be a fun to watch debate between heels up and Gabbard.


15 posted on 02/21/2024 7:53:56 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Ron DeSantis is not going to be the choice. Neither is Mrs. Obama. When stories open with this gambit the article is trash. Ignorance abounds.


16 posted on 02/21/2024 7:55:49 AM PST by Oystir
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To: Alberta's Child
The headline and article are B.S. This is not "Trump's shortlist" for VP. It's a bunch of names given to him in an interview yesterday, and he said he'd consider them.

Thank you.

17 posted on 02/21/2024 8:00:13 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Can anyone here recognize this a head fake? Please ask yourself why Trump would lock himself in and anger and disappoint others.


18 posted on 02/21/2024 8:07:32 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

More gas lighting by Trump. None of those people are going to be VP. 🙄


19 posted on 02/21/2024 8:14:06 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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There’s a dark horse that no one mentions.
Someone who Trump trusts, implicitly.
Who only has the People of the USA in mind.
A Wayyyy behind-the-scenes guy but a credible choice.
Credible...for Trump.


20 posted on 02/21/2024 8:35:24 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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