{"id":2151666,"date":"2024-01-17T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-choosing-ramaswamy-for-vice-president-would-be-a-fools-errand-former-white-house-staffer-says\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T19:17:16","slug":"trump-choosing-ramaswamy-for-vice-president-would-be-a-fools-errand-former-white-house-staffer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-choosing-ramaswamy-for-vice-president-would-be-a-fools-errand-former-white-house-staffer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Former White House staffer dismisses Trump&#8217;s choice of Ramaswamy as vice president as a foolish endeavor"},"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\">32<\/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-choosing-ramaswamy-for-vice-president-would-be-a-fools-errand-former-white-house-staffer-says%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=2151666&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>Former White House \u200bPress Secretary \u2064Kayleigh McEnany on Why Choosing Vivek Ramaswamy as\u2063 Vice President Would Be a\u200b &#8220;Fool&#8217;s \u2063Errand&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent interview, Kayleigh McEnany, former\u2064 White\u2063 House press secretary, \u2063shared her thoughts\u200b on the possibility of \u200bbusinessman Vivek Ramaswamy being chosen as the vice president on \u200bthe 2024 Republican ticket. McEnany described this decision as a &#8220;fool&#8217;s errand,&#8221; highlighting the \u2062need for a candidate who can add value to the ticket rather than simply \u200cmirroring the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, McEnany explained that Republican voters are not seeking a carbon copy of the nominee in a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-of-voters-would-consider-joe-manchin-for-president-bid-poll\/\" title=\"16% of voters open to considering Joe Manchin for President, says poll.\">vice presidential \u200ccandidate<\/a>. She emphasized that Ramaswamy and former President Donald Trump appeal to the same base of voters, namely the MAGA\u200c voters and conservative voters. Therefore, adding Ramaswamy to the ticket would be politically\u2064 redundant and would not expand Trump&#8217;s winning coalition of voters.<\/p>\n<p>McEnany drew a parallel to the 1980 election, where Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush as his running mate to unify the Republican Party. She\u200c suggested that\u200b Trump should follow a similar approach \u2063and select a candidate who can bring\u2063 something\u2064 new to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump and Ramaswamy are political outsiders and successful businessmen who pride themselves \u200bon \u2062being unbuyable. Throughout Ramaswamy&#8217;s now-defunct 2024 primary campaign, he consistently praised and defended Trump, setting\u2063 himself \u200dapart from \u2063other candidates who launched \u200dattacks against the former president.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump previously\u2063 hinted that he knows\u200d who\u200c his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-question-about-ramaswamy-as-vp-pick-hes-really-distinguished-himself\/\" title=\"Trump praises Ramaswamy as a distinguished VP pick.\">vice presidential\u200c pick<\/a> \u2062will be, McEnany believes that choosing someone too similar to him would be a mistake. She emphasized that \u2064Trump\u200d needs every single Republican vote and should therefore opt for\u2064 a candidate who can complement his strengths rather than\u200c duplicate them.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why\u200c does Kayleigh McEnany believe that selecting businessman Vivek\u2062 Ramaswamy as the vice president would \u2062be \u2064a \u2064&#8221;fool&#8217;s errand&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In a recent interview,\u2063 Kayleigh McEnany,\u2062 the former White House press secretary, shared her insights on the potential selection of\u2062 businessman Vivek Ramaswamy\u200b as the vice president on the 2024 Republican ticket. McEnany expressed her reservations about\u2063 this decision, referring to it as a &#8220;fool&#8217;s errand.&#8221; She emphasized the importance of choosing a candidate who can bring value to the ticket \u2063instead of merely echoing the \u2063views\u2064 of \u2063the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview,\u2064 McEnany \u200bexplained that Republican voters are not looking for a duplication of the nominee in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-considering-kristi-noem-as-running-mate-i-think-shes-fantastic\/\" title=\"Trump thinks Kristi Noem would make a fantastic running mate.\">vice presidential\u200c candidate<\/a>. She highlighted the fact that Ramaswamy and former President Donald\u2064 Trump appeal to\u2062 the same base of voters, particularly the MAGA voters\u2062 and conservative voters. Consequently, \u200badding Ramaswamy to the ticket would be politically redundant and would not broaden Trump&#8217;s winning coalition of voters.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing\u200d a parallel \u200bto \u200bthe\u200d 1980 election, where Ronald Reagan selected George H.W. Bush\u200c as \u2064his running mate to unify the Republican Party, \u2063McEnany \u2064suggested that Trump should adopt a similar approach. She recommended that he choose a candidate who can \u2064bring\u2062 something new and innovative to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump and Ramaswamy \u2064are political outsiders and\u2064 successful businessmen who pride themselves on being unswayable. Throughout Ramaswamy&#8217;s now-defunct 2024 primary\u200b campaign, he consistently praised and defended Trump, setting himself apart from other candidates who launched attacks against the former \u200cpresident.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has hinted that he already \u200bknows who \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a> will be, McEnany believes that selecting someone too similar\u2064 to him would \u2063be a mistake. She stressed the fact that Trump needs every single Republican\u200b vote and should, therefore, opt for a candidate who can complement his strengths rather than duplicating them.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u200d Kayleigh McEnany, the former White House press secretary, shared her\u2062 thoughts on the potential selection of Vivek Ramaswamy as the vice president on the\u2064 2024 Republican \u200dticket. McEnany cautioned against this decision, emphasizing the need for a candidate who can add \u2064value to the ticket rather than simply mirroring\u2062 the nominee. McEnany&#8217;s insights offer valuable considerations\u2064 for Trump as\u200d he weighs his options for his vice presidential pick in the upcoming\u200b election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany dismissed the idea of businessman Vivek Ramaswamy as the 2024 Republican vice president, calling it a &#8220;fool&#8217;s errand.&#8221; When asked about the possibility by Dana Perino on Outnumbered, McEnany expressed doubt about former President Donald Trump selecting Ramaswamy as his running mate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":2151667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2151666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2151667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}