{"id":2128775,"date":"2023-12-19T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-a-visitor-at-mar-a-lago-who-is-reportedly-on-his-vp-short-list\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:19:48","slug":"trump-gets-a-visitor-at-mar-a-lago-who-is-reportedly-on-his-vp-short-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-a-visitor-at-mar-a-lago-who-is-reportedly-on-his-vp-short-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump receives a visitor at Mar-a-Lago, potentially on his VP shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-gets-a-visitor-at-mar-a-lago-who-is-reportedly-on-his-vp-short-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2128775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump\u2062 Gets a Visitor at Mar-a-Lago Who Is\u2064 Reportedly \u200con His VP Short List<\/h2>\n<p>Start churning the rumor mill again: A \u200dpotential Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-email-reportedly-names-kamala-harris-others-as-key-contacts-for-joint-venture-with-china-energy-co\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Email Reportedly Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for 'Joint Venture' With China Energy Co.\">running mate<\/a> visited Mar-a-Lago in Florida\u200b on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>,\u2063 Rep.\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elise-stefanik-greatest-distraction-earth-begin-brought-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> of New York \u2014 best known at the moment for being \u200cthe Republican who got\u200b Ivy League presidents\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harvard-president-antisemitism-ivy-league-48277807b0e4e492ac47f7ed9dbea147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testify<\/a> before Congress that calls for\u2064 genocide against Jews would only be\u200c considered against their code of conduct depending on the context \u2014 posted a picture of\u200b her meeting with former President \u200dTrump\u200c on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great meeting at \u2062Mar-a-Lago with my friend President Trump!<\/p>\n<p>The stakes could not be higher. Patriots will continue to unite\u200c behind President Trump\u2019s campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveAmerica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveAmerica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all on the line. Let\u2019s do \u200dthis! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump?\">@TeamTrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5s66ZjD2y\">pic.twitter.com\/J5s66ZjD2y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elise Stefanik\u2064 (@EliseStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1736865791109107716?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump, who continues to hold a wide lead in the polls, has\u200b been rumored to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-may-eyeing-woman-vp-not-kari-lake-no-better-fit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">favor a woman\u2062 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a><\/a> since the\u2064 early\u2062 days of his third presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump \u2064met with Elise Stefanik at Mar-a-Lago this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Many conservative\u200c pundits believe a\u2063 woman will be \u2063Trump\u2019s VP. What are your thoughts on a potential Stefanik ticket. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eKUtUKG5N2\">pic.twitter.com\/eKUtUKG5N2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1736889752010227908?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/07\/trump-kari-lake-vice-president-candidates-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported that four women were at the top of his veepstakes shortlist: former U.N. ambassador and South \u2062Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, 2022 Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, \u200cSouth Dakota Gov.\u2062 Kristi \u2062Noem, and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee\u200c Sanders, a former\u200b Trump White House press secretary.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you think Tucker Carlson\u2062 would\u2062 be a good\u200b VP?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you \u2064think Tucker Carlson would be a good VP?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n    <label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n    <label>No<\/label><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>      Completing\u2062 this poll \u200bentitles you\u2063 to The Western Journal\u200b news updates free of charge via email.\u200c You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to\u200b our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u200band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<br \/>\n  \u2062\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>      \u200d    Yes: \u2062100% (3 Votes)<br \/>\n    \u2063\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>      \u2063   \u2063 \u2063 No: 0% \u2063(0 Votes)\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump campaign pushed back on \u200bthe report, saying that \u201cthose who are playing the media\u2062 game are doing so at their own \u200dperil.\u201d \u2063However, the throughline that Trump\u200d would want to\u2064 pick a woman as his running mate has stayed relatively unchanged, even as former\u2063 Housing and Urban \u2062Development\u200c secretary and 2016\u200b presidential \u200bcandidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-reportedly-considering-republican-ran-2016-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Carson<\/a> and \u2064former \u2062Fox News host Tucker Carlson have entered the mix, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker in particular seems to \u200bhave emerged as a favorite, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/12\/07\/trump-loyalty-cabinet-2025-carlson-miller-bannon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> report earlier this\u200c month\u2063 that Melania Trump was pushing for him \u2064to be second on the ticket. (Carlson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-reveals-thing-make-answer-growing-calls-become-trumps-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subsequently \u200btold<\/a> an interviewer that \u2064\u201cGod would have to yell at\u2064 me very loud\u201d in order for him to take the \u2064gig.)<\/p>\n<p>Responding to \u200cthe Tucker\u200b rumors on Sean Spicer\u2019s Newsmax \u200cshow,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/steve-bannon-thinks-trump-will-pick-female-vp-names-intriguing-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Bannon<\/a> \u2014 former White House adviser and chief executive of Trump\u2019s\u200c 2016 campaign \u2014 said he thought Carlson would make a \u2062good veep but\u200c that he was another \u200bone who believed \u2062Trump would pick a woman. The only question is who it would \u200cbe, with\u200c Bannon listing the four Axios reported \u200calong with \u200dStefanik, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, \u200dand South Carolina Rep. Nancy\u2062 Mace, inter alia.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump is the nominee \u2064\u2014 and polls \u200dhave long trended \u2064in that\u200c direction \u2014 \u200dhe \u200cdoesn\u2019t have to\u2064 pick until next summer\u2019s\u200d Republican National Convention, of\u200d course, so there\u2019s still plenty of time \u2064to vet and see who handles the spotlight the best.<\/p>\n<p>Lake, it\u2019s\u200c worth noting, has already jumped \u200cin the race for the Arizona Senate seat currently \u2064held by Kyrsten Sinema and is the front-runner there; \u200bbowing out\u2064 to\u2064 take the running-mate slot would leave\u2063 the GOP in a lurch in one of the most likely upper-chamber pick-ups in 2024, which might take\u200d her out of the race. Noem, who at one point might have been considered the beau ideal of a running mate by the Trump campaign, \u2064has taken \u2062a hit after reports\u200d of an affair\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/will-kristi-noem-run-president-2024-gov-gives-shocking-response-trumps-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emerged in September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mace was only first elected\u200c to\u2063 federal office in 2020 and Sanders to gubernatorial office in 2022, meanwhile, making them\u200b relative newcomers. Stefanik\u2064 was\u2063 first elected in 2014 and is chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-stefanik-files-ethics-complaint-judge-engoron-alleging-bizarre-behavior-anti-trump-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republican Conference<\/a>, giving her \u200dsignificantly more experience than those two.<\/p>\n<p>However, not everyone approved of the decision, with one social media poll showing \u206460 percent against it. \u2063One user \u2063cited her \u201csupport of the FBI\u2019s\u00a0 overreach of warrantless searches.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vote in our poll. 40% approve \u2064\/ 60% disapprove of Trump-Stefanik ticket after 500 votes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ih6nnR4JJ4\">https:\/\/t.co\/ih6nnR4JJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen\u2062 Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1736895565911244938?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She voted\u200c in support of\u2062 the FBI\u2019s overreach of warrantless searches. She doesn\u2019t care about the freedom, privacy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-board-of-education-sued-for-allegedly-banning-criticism-of-1619-project\/\" title=\"Ohio State Board of Education Sued for Allegedly Banning Criticism of \u20181619 Project\u2019\">4th amendment rights<\/a> of citizens so I \u200dhope she gets primaried and loses her ability \u2063to vote \u200bin favor \u200cof \u2064the establishment\u2063 instead of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Te\ud835\udd4fasLindsay (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1736891866191102203?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, all of this is speculation \u200c\u2014 and will remain as \u2063such until well into the primary process. But it\u2019s not <em>uninformed<\/em> speculation, and Stefanik\u2019s appearance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conjecture-builds-trump-may-broken-law-auctioning-off-gun-mar-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mar-a-Lago<\/a> did little to disabuse pundits of the notion that she\u2019s very much in the running to be Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-2024-running-mate-could-be-one-of-his-gop-opponents\/\" title=\"Trump hints at potential 2024 running mate from GOP rivals.\">running \u2064mate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gets-visitor-mar-lago-reportedly-vp-short-list\/\">Trump Gets a Visitor at Mar-a-Lago Who Is Reportedly on His VP Short \u200cList<\/a> \u2064 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Who did Rep. Elise Stefanik\u200d meet with at Mar-a-Lago and what implications does this\u200b have for Trump&#8217;s VP short list?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Trump Gets a Visitor at Mar-a-Lago\u200c Who Is Reportedly on His VP \u200cShort List<\/p>\n<p>Start churning \u200dthe rumor mill again: A potential Donald Trump running mate visited Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064a \u200dsocial media post, Rep. Elise\u200d Stefanik of New York \u2014 best \u200bknown at \u2063the moment for being the Republican who\u200b got Ivy League presidents to testify before Congress that calls for genocide against Jews would only be \u2064considered against \u2062their code of conduct depending on the context \u2014 posted a picture of her meeting with \u200cformer President Trump \u200bon X, the platform\u200d formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great meeting at Mar-a-Lago \u2062with my friend President Trump! The stakes\u200d could not be higher. Patriots will continue to unite behind President Trump\u2019s campaign to #SaveAmerica.\u2063 It\u2019s all on the line. Let\u2019s do this! @TeamTrump pic.twitter.com\/J5s66ZjD2y&#8221;\u2063 &#8211; Elise Stefanik\u2064 (@EliseStefanik) December 18, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who \u2064continues to hold a wide lead in the polls, has been rumored to favor \u2062a woman as a vice presidential candidate since the early days of his third presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump met with Elise Stefanik at Mar-a-Lago this afternoon. Many conservative pundits believe a woman will\u200c be Trump\u2019s VP. What are your thoughts on\u200d a potential Stefanik ticket.&#8221; &#8211; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 18, 2023<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064March, Axios reported that four women were at\u2064 the top of his\u2064 veepstakes shortlist:\u200b former U.N. ambassador and South \u200dCarolina Gov. Nikki Haley, 2022 Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, South \u2062Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Arkansas Gov.\u200d Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former Trump White House press secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Do you \u200dthink Tucker \u2062Carlson would be\u200b a good VP?<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign pushed\u2063 back on the report, saying that \u201cthose who are playing the media game \u2064are doing so at their own peril.\u201d However, the throughline that \u2062Trump would want to pick \u2063a woman as his running mate has stayed relatively unchanged, even \u2062as former Housing and Urban Development secretary and 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson and former Fox News\u2064 host Tucker Carlson have entered the mix, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker in particular\u2063 seems to have emerged as a favorite, with an Axios report earlier \u2063this month that Melania Trump was pushing for him to be second on the ticket. (Carlson \u2064subsequently told an interviewer that &#8220;God would have to yell at me very loud&#8221; in order for him to\u200b take the gig.)<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the Tucker rumors on Sean \u200dSpicer\u2019s Newsmax \u2062show, Steve Bannon \u2014 former White \u2062House adviser and\u200d chief executive\u2062 of Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign \u2014 said he thought Carlson would make a good veep but that he was another one who believed\u2064 Trump would pick a\u2062 woman. The only question is who it would be,\u200b with \u2064Bannon \u200dlisting the four Axios reported along with Stefanik, Tennessee Sen.\u2064 Marsha Blackburn, and South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, inter alia.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump is the nominee \u2014 and polls have long trended in that direction \u2014 he doesn\u2019t\u200d have to pick until \u2062next \u200dsummer\u2019s Republican National Convention, of course, \u2063so there\u2019s still \u200cplenty of time \u200cto vet and see who handles the spotlight the best.<\/p>\n<p>Lake, it\u2019s worth noting, has already jumped in the race for the \u2062Arizona Senate seat currently held\u200b by\u200d Kyrsten Sinema and is the front-runner there; bowing out to take the running-mate \u2063slot would leave \u200cthe GOP in a\u200c lurch in one of the \u2063most likely upper-chamber pick-ups in 2024, which might take her out\u200c of the race.\u200c Noem, who at one point might have been considered the beau ideal of \u200ca running mate by\u2064 the Trump campaign, has taken a hit after reports of an affair \u2063emerged in September.<\/p>\n<p>Mace was only first elected to\u2063 federal office in 2020 and Sanders to gubernatorial office in 2022, meanwhile, making them relative newcomers. Stefanik was first elected \u200cin 2014 and is chair \u2064of the (insert\u200d name) GOP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start the rumor mill: A possible Trump running mate visited Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Rep. 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