Posted on 02/21/2024 4:40:08 PM PST by conservative98
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he would not consider being Donald Trump’s running mate one day after the former president confirmed the former 2024 rival was on his “short list” — with DeSantis revealing that he was looking at other prospects, including another White House bid in four years.
“People were mentioning me [as a potential vice president]. I am not doing that,” DeSantis told Republicans his presidential campaign had recruited to be delegates to this summer’s nominating convention during a thank-you call, audio of which was shared exclusively with The Post.
The 45-year-old also went in-depth about who he thinks Trump could and should choose as his No. 2.
“I know some people are really actively seeking it. It seems to me, just from watching kind of the body language and stuff, that you have a handful of folks who seem to be auditioning for it,” he said.
“My criteria was, basically, I need someone who can do the job if it came to that, and I would have been the third-youngest president elected so chances are, actuarily I would probably be in pretty good shape, but you never know what else can happen, it’s happened before.”
“So you need someone who can just go in, day one, no problem, they can do the job,” DeSantis went on, arguing that he would have been “partial to governors” had his campaign advanced that far.
“I’m not sure that those are necessarily going to be the criteria that Donald Trump uses. I think he’s going to probably use different criteria. I’ve heard that they are looking more at identity politics. I think that’s a mistake. I think you should just focus on who you think the best person for the job would be.”
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Sour grapes cry baby.
nevertrumping desantis supporters lie as much as desantis does.....
You’ll never get them to post factual evidence...
Never
more effective at ruining FL?
In all his years as Governor, why has desantis not full secured FL borders? Why’s he allowed illegals to wander around the state? shipped them to other states to harm their Citizens? Sure he’s signed a few papers to hold employers accountable but Ron has slacked off on his own accountability for not stopping the invasion in FL.
only answer that keeps coming up is he doesn’t truly want to stop illegals. Likely because he benefits some how from it. He has repeatedly shown he cares more about himself than Citizens. That’s no public servant, no decent Governor.
He’s been the most effective governor in America.
Probably.
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