NYP: One top surrogate already said a plan is in place for Rubio to resign his seat and relocate to Maryland if Trump picks him — but the situation is viewed as less than ideal.
And NJ is the state that is looking to cancel Trump’s liquor licenses and all the rest. Donald Trump is not going to move his legal residence to NJ where he would no doubt be subject to yet another phony prosecution. If anyone is going to move right now it’s not going to be Trump.
This would be an extreme move . . . and it wouldn't actually be necessary if Trump really wanted Rubio. Per Amendment XII, both Trump and Rubio, despite being "inhabitants of the same state" (i.e., Florida) could appear on the GOP ballot as the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates respectively. Nothing on the face of Amendment XII would work to prohibit that.
Rather, what Amendment XII would do is prohibit Florida's 30 Electors for casting their votes for both Trump (as President) and Rubio (as Vice President).
So let's imagine that Trump wins in November, with 287 EVs to Biden's 251 (i.e., one of several plausible scenarios, with Trump recapturing GA and AZ, which he'd lost in 2020, while adding NV and PA). The 30 Florida Electors can't cast their votes for Rubio, yes, but that doesn't mean that Kamala Harris receives those votes. She still ends up with but 251. Rubio ends up with 257.
Since Rubio needs at least 270 EVs to be elected Vice President -- and, under this scenario, doesn't get them -- then, per Amendment XII, the choice of Vice President devolves to the U.S. Senate. If the GOP happens to have won control of the Senate following the 2024 election, then the Republican Senators can all vote for Rubio and he become Vice President anyway.
Easy-peasy. :-)
Bad move. He has a large Cuban backing a big deal in Miami. Florida with two dem referendums on the ballot is going to be a tougher vote than in the past. O