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Donald Trump has yet to name a running mate. Here's a look at who might be on his VP shortlist
KCRA 3 NBC ^ | July 10, 2024 | Jeff Stitt

Posted on 07/11/2024 8:39:47 PM PDT by Reno89519

With the Republican National Convention slated for next week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, all eyes are on who former President Donald Trump will select as a running mate.

Trump recently told reporters he had narrowed his vice presidential shortlist to a handful of possibilities. However, Trump's campaign has, on more than one occasion, cautioned that anyone "claiming to know who or when President Trump will choose his VP is lying, unless the person is named Donald J. Trump.”

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Doug Burgum...

J.D. Vance...

Elise Stefanik...

Marco Rubio...

Tim Scott...

Tom Cotton...

Ben Carson...

Byron Donalds...

Tulsi Gabbard...

Kristi Noem...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: redfreedom
Trump needs a VP that has a well established MAGA type background from day one.

There is no such person.

21 posted on 07/11/2024 8:53:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: redfreedom
Gabbard is no Pence. The closest person that might fit that role would be Burgum.

Haley? She might add a couple wayward Republicans but zero Independents and Democrats.

22 posted on 07/11/2024 8:54:10 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: montag813
All underwhelming, tbh. But does it matter?

If we're going down that direction, we should pick Tim Scott. Trump is polling 30% with the Black vote right now.

23 posted on 07/11/2024 8:54:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

She’s better than RFK jr., but I don’t see her being a good VP. She basically has no supporters in the Democrat Party anymore.

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Why does it matter that she has no Democrat Party support if she became the VP?

She’d probably bring over some Dems.


24 posted on 07/11/2024 8:55:10 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Reno89519

Either Tim Scott will be VP and stand near Trump at the Inauguration or “Trump is a white racist” ads (ads already even on youtube before search item appears-—a black man with a deep voice stating this) will cause the traditional black and young people vote to go for the Biden replacement as the winner.


25 posted on 07/11/2024 8:55:14 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: montag813
It's great speculation and I've actually found a few of the observations of others in these threads to be informative. Everyone's got a favorite and many no, No, and H3ll No's.

The alternative speculation is guessing if and when Biden drops out of reelection and if he also resigns.

26 posted on 07/11/2024 8:56:21 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: Reno89519
At a time, Tulsi Gabbard was aligned with Bernie Sanders:


27 posted on 07/11/2024 8:57:04 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Reno89519

Good points. I detect a real hate toward the Dems now.


28 posted on 07/11/2024 8:57:46 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: redfreedom
We don’t want to bring in another back stabber like Pence for the sake of votes.

Pence was a good choice in 2016. At the time, Trump was weak with the religious Conservatives.

Trump was a liberal New Yorker who spoke out in support of abortion in 1999.

Can't do that if you're trying to win the nomination of the Republican Party in 2016.

29 posted on 07/11/2024 8:58:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Jonty30
Last month, in Politico, Marco "reportedly willing to establish residency elsewhere":Playbook: Playing for veeps


30 posted on 07/11/2024 8:59:20 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: cnsmom

I agree.


31 posted on 07/11/2024 8:59:34 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: nickcarraway

She is great with independents and can really handle the press.


32 posted on 07/11/2024 8:59:42 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Reno89519

We can root for Flynn.

At some point last week, someone took him from some very high price down to 10/1 third choice. He is now back up to 30/1.

But it clearly looked like someone that thinks they know something.


33 posted on 07/11/2024 8:59:54 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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To: laplata

I think Gabbard is the smart move. Currently we have Biden/Harris, maybe we get Harris and somebody. If Harris picks a woman as her VP, such as Whitmer, Trump won’t want to be two men against two women in the campaign. The optics and risks would be high. Thus, Trump will pick a woman. My bet is Gabbard, maybe Sanders who was always loyal to him and is now a governor.


34 posted on 07/11/2024 9:00:15 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: jonrick46

WAS. And think about those folks that might be outgrowing Sanders and all of the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian HAMAS BS tied to him and Democrats. She’s a natural, leading the way to Republicans.


35 posted on 07/11/2024 9:02:05 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: Reno89519

After November many other democrats might be switching to independent too.


36 posted on 07/11/2024 9:02:43 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Reno89519

I’ve seen your posts about Gabbard on this thread and we’re thinking alike.
I think your point about two white guys against two women makes sense.

I’d prefer Gabbard over Sanders and Gabbard would be much more beneficial..


37 posted on 07/11/2024 9:07:52 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Reno89519

BKMRK.


38 posted on 07/11/2024 9:13:08 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Reno89519

That list has about as many names that I’m not impressed with, as names that I am.


39 posted on 07/11/2024 9:16:57 PM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: Reno89519

Sarah has been on my list for months but I rarely see or hear her name mentioned.


40 posted on 07/11/2024 9:18:07 PM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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