Posted on 01/27/2024 8:17:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The 2024 Republican primary is over. Donald Trump will be the nominee, so all attention turns to his running mate. Who will it be? Earlier this month, Trump heavily insinuated that he’d already made his decision but will reveal it later. Like The Apprentice, it’s all about the show, but there are some concerns that he might pick Nikki Haley, who still hasn’t dropped out of her quixotic campaign for the Republican nomination. Trump seems to have ruled her out, calling her a person not made of “presidential timber.”
The media has their list, including Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, Kari Lake, Kristi Noem, and Ron DeSantis. Stefanik is someone who Trump views as a “killer” and whose loyalty has not gone unnoticed by the former president. We’ll see who it is, but one name out of left field was reportedly approached early on and didnt' "write it off”: RFK Jr. (via NY Post):
People close to former President Trump made preliminary overtures to Robert F. Kennedy about the possibility of serving as his running mate, The Post has learned.
“Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” said one person familiar with the matter, adding that it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced” in April 2023 he was running for president.
“Anything’s possible. I wouldn’t write it off by any means,” the insider continued.
Kennedy, 70, who initially was running as a Democrat but is now an independent, wasn’t interested and has continued to shoot down speculation that he would ever take a job as Trump’s veep.
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…Steve Bannon, a former chief White House strategist for Trump, who remains close to the former president, has also pushed the idea and said in August that a Trump-Kennedy ticket would produce a “massive landslide.”
We don’t necessarily need RFK Jr. to clinch a “landslide” win in 2024. Biden’s increasing decrepitude, the continued economic torpor, and all core Democratic Party constituencies souring on this guy could have already produced that result. The president was reportedly begging Israel like a dog to scale down their operation in Gaza because it was hurting his election chances, specifically with younger voters. Biden also must deal with a Rust Belt Muslim voter rebellion, folks who will stay home in Michigan and Minnesota especially. This week, the United Auto Workers union president admitted that “a great majority” of his rank-and-file members will not vote for Joe Biden.
Trump’s unpopularity has been neutralized by the Biden and the Democrats’ abysmal domestic and foreign policy, coupled with economic regression and high inflation. No matter who is on the ballot, most Americans will vote with their checkbooks, which were much healthier under Donald Trump.
Nevertheless, Trump-Kennedy would be interesting; I'm not saying I support it, but it’s amusing. The liberal media reaction would be epic, though—their minds would explode…again.
Chris Cuomo asks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if he could function like a Ross Perot and help Trump win and Biden lose.
"I don't think President Biden needs my help to lose..." RFKJR#Kennedy24 #RFKJr pic.twitter.com/eVxJm5VEQl— Ellie A (@EllieGAnders) January 27, 2024
Can we stop with all the Fake VP News.
NO to Kennedy. NO WAY.
Yup. Stefanik is tough. She is a warrior and takes no prisoners, much like Trump… and she is loyal.
She has said that she has no desire to be VP.
He needs an anti war swamp killer with great fresh ideas.
It’s time for the old guard to usher in the new guard. That means one last term for Trump to start the ball rolling. Out with the older entrenched politicos, period. And, I also don’t support ANYTHING that has the name Kennedy associated with it. It’s time for that legacy to end, frankly.
We don’t have the time, money or resources to wait them out until their natural end. They have too good of a healthcare plan for that.
It was worth saying twice. I had my eye on him early on. He brings a lot to the table and only lost the governor’s race by 6 points.
This is an interesting map. Only a few places have to change.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-new-york-governor.html
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My pick too. Stefanik.
Insider says: no Kennedy, no woman! Guess from there!
Robert? Isn’t Ted Kennedy available? No, to both. So, Robert is an anti vaxxer. Big deal! There are other issues. Judges, guns, climate change, DEI, identity politics. The guy is a raging liberal on all of them. Trump is not going to throw away the policy legacy he is building with this mental dwarf.
In the unlikely event Biden is still on the ticket in November, it will be obvious that a vote for him is a vote for his running mate.
Hard to imagine Harris winning.
Maybe they will go with Kennedy.
I see no advantage to Trump unless Kennedy is not on board. The term “loose cannon” comes to mind.
I am sure Trump put out a feeler to RFK, Jr. to throw him for a loop.
No more Kennedys please!
She kept her state open during the siege by the Branch Covidians....and has fought to keep Mount Rushmore’s fireworks.
And Carters. And Bushes. And Clintons. And . . .
America was formed with that idea that political leadership by heredity was a bad idea. It is still a bad idea. But it seems to have had a resurgence, in part because of mass media.
The ‘Rats will continue to demonize J6, MAGA, and abortion all the way to November, and mebbe right back into the white hut.
There really are that many stoopid people out there.
According to a well-known FReeperette, Noem ain’t all that.
Save the country kiss and make up with Cruz.
The coma at the end is the worst, you never see it coming.
Its a lot like the Spanish Inquisition that way...
The best thing a VP can do is work congress on behalf of the president’s legislative agenda. That should be the motivation for any pick.
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