{"id":2219278,"date":"2024-04-12T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-trump-keeps-his-veepstakes-contest-alive-and-the-list-long-this-is-the-apprentice-2024-version\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:20:48","slug":"why-trump-keeps-his-veepstakes-contest-alive-and-the-list-long-this-is-the-apprentice-2024-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-trump-keeps-his-veepstakes-contest-alive-and-the-list-long-this-is-the-apprentice-2024-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump maintains an active veepstakes competition with an extensive candidate list: &#8220;This is The Apprentice: 2024 edition."},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwhy-trump-keeps-his-veepstakes-contest-alive-and-the-list-long-this-is-the-apprentice-2024-version%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=2219278&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--><p>Former President Donald Trump holds \u200bthe GOP\u200c nomination\u200b for a month but continues to expand his list of potential running mates. Various names like \u200bSen. J.D. Vance, Gov. Kristi Noem, and Sen. Tim Scott are considered. \u200bTrump seems to\u2063 embrace the growing competition for his\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-reporter-says-she-hears-tucker-could-be-trumps-vp-pick-a-real-possibility\/\" title=\"NYT Reporter Says She Hears Tucker Could Be Trump's VP Pick: A Real 'Possibility'\">vice\u2062 presidential selection<\/a> as the Republican National Convention nears.\u200c Reports\u2062 indicate Trump&#8217;s \u200dadvisor, Jason Miller,\u2063 supports the public\u200d nature of the selection process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> has had the GOP nomination locked up for almost a month, but his list of possible running mates has yet to shrink.<\/p>\n<p>Several names have been floated to be Trump\u2019s partner of choice, from Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), but it appears that the list has grown, rather than shrunk, as the Republican National Convention inches closer. Trump reportedly likes the large competition to be his <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>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/12\/trump-vice-president-running-mate\/?utm_campaign=wp_power_up&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=newsletter&#038;wpisrc=nl_powerup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reports\">reported<\/a> that Trump adviser Jason Miller argued the somewhat public contest to be Trump\u2019s running mate can help get people to work for the campaign while the former president continues to make up his mind.<\/p>\n<p>A Republican consultant said the contest to be Trump\u2019s running mate is like a revival of NBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-harrison-ive-been-working-with-a-race-educator-since-leaving-the-bachelor\/\" title=\"Chris Harrison: I\u2019ve Been Working With A \u2018Race Educator\u2019 Since Leaving \u2018The Bachelor\u2019\">reality competition show<\/a> <em>The Apprentice<\/em>, which Trump hosted for 14 of its 15 seasons from 2004 until 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is \u2018The Apprentice: 2024 version,&#8217;\u201d GOP consultant Terry Sullivan said. \u201cDonald Trump is nothing if not a showman, and he loves this process, and he\u2019s going to drag it out and get as much media coverage and goodwill and leverage it as much as humanly possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been multiple reports about who has an edge as Trump\u2019s favorite any given week, but the campaign insisted that no decisions have been made about who will be on Trump\u2019s ticket in November.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a <em>Bloomberg<\/em> report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2927512\/trophy-cabinet-big-hitters-floated-new-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">suggested<\/a> possible names for a Trump Cabinet if he is elected in November. The report listed Vivek Ramaswamy as a possible Homeland Security secretary and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), among others. Among the vice presidential candidates, Scott was listed as one person Trump has not ruled out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump announced his running mate for his 2016 presidential campaign, Mike Pence, days ahead of the 2016 Republican National Convention and will likely do so again ahead of the 2024 convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15 to 18.<\/p>\n<p>Pence, whom Trump has been at odds with since he defied the former president\u2019s demands to reject the 2020 election results at a joint session of Congress to certify the election, has been ruled out as Trump\u2019s 2024 running mate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump secured the GOP nomination a month ago, yet his extensive list of potential running mates remains unchanged. Speculations range from Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), suggesting a meticulous selection process for Trump&#8217;s future partner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2219279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24077688786737-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24077688786737-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219278","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}