Posted on 12/12/2023 8:01:56 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Lara Trump, former President Trump’s daughter-in-law, is not ruling out former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as a potential running mate for the current GOP front-runner.
“Crazier things have happened,” she told Newsmax’s Eric Bolling. “I don’t know, I would never say never with Donald J. Trump.”
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Misdirection. 😏
“Still, she has a point about the difficulty of predicting what DJT will do.”
Pinhead dumbassery.
-fJRoberts-
The GOP is largely made up of three factions:
1. Trumpers (to include supporters of Ramaswamy who is basically Trump's avatar at the debates).
2. Former Trumpers (these are DeSantis supporters).
3. Never Trumpers (Nikki Haley and all the rest).
Should Trump earn the nomination, and it looks like he will, he will retain his support, Ramaswamy's support, and the DeSantis "Former Trumpers" will begrudgingly come along.
Picking Vivek as VP won't earn him any new votes nor will it cost him any.
Picking DeSantis as VP won't earn him any new votes nor will it cost him any.
It'll be the "Never Trumpers" that he's going to have to close the deal with. Understanding this, a Nikki Haley VP pick makes perfect sense. While Trump's MAGA base will grumble at first, they've demonstrated a willingness to quickly change their positions on any issue to go along with Trump. If he loses any MAGA votes, he's likely to make up a greater number from the "Never Trumpers" who will be a little bit pacified with a young Nikki Haley on an old man's ticket.
Pick Jim Abbott or Allen West
Yeah, that’s the ticket! Nikki Haley’s phone booth full of supporters will put Trump over the top.
Why not Lauren Boebert? She seems solid, even though her personal life is a bit messy. But so is Trump. They have that in common.
Nikki Haley's phone booth and the roughly half of the party who don't want Trump.
Never.
Trial ballon? Shoot it down before Nikki shoves another knife in Trump’s back.
How about "no way in heck"?
Never.
Nikki Harpy? She’s stab in the back on day one.
I will say #NeverNikki as a voter
I’ll pass on Nikki.
If Trump picks Haley then he has not learned one thing from his past mistakes.
Well, I can say NEVER!
She would be worse than Pence as she has already stabbed him in the back and can’t be trusted.
NEVAH!
-Marv, Home Alone 2
Well reasoned post, except that as a VP I believe Haley would forever undermine Trump. In fact, I think she would be dangerous because she would be so crafty and brazenly cunning in her efforts to undermine whatever policy or position she didn’t like or agree with. I believe she would be the media’s and the Deep State’s point person. There would be no end to the damaging leaks.
You may be right about gaining more electoral support, but I know he would lose my support. Not ever going through 4 more years of pitched battles against the political barbarians at the gates with no support.
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