{"id":2251988,"date":"2024-05-24T09:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-four-trump-drops-four-names-when-asked-about-highly-anticipated-vice-presidential-pick\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:20:02","slug":"final-four-trump-drops-four-names-when-asked-about-highly-anticipated-vice-presidential-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-four-trump-drops-four-names-when-asked-about-highly-anticipated-vice-presidential-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Final four: Trump drops four names when asked about highly anticipated vice presidential pick"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffinal-four-trump-drops-four-names-when-asked-about-highly-anticipated-vice-presidential-pick%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=2251988&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 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>In a campaign stop in the Bronx, New York, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> named some of his possible vice presidential picks, a sign the list may be shortening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with News 12 New York, Trump singled out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-carson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dr. Ben Carson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sen. Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sen. J.D. Vance <\/a>(R-OH), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rep. Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) as top options on a list that has continued to grow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have so many,\u201d Trump said when asked about picks for vice president. \u201cYou could take people like Ben Carson, people like Marco Rubio, or J.D. Vance. I mean, there\u2019s so many. Elise is doing a fantastic job, but I could go on for quite a long time. We have many people who would do a really fantastic job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the timeline, Trump said he would make a decision \u201csometime during the convention,\u201d which is when presidential nominees typically announce their vice president. Trump has floated all of these names as picks for various reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Sen. Marco Rubio<\/h2>\n<p>There are constitutional problems with Trump picking Rubio as his running mate. The 12th Amendment states the president and vice president on the same ticket cannot be from the same state, or else that state cannot vote for them should they win the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, that could prove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2986276\/how-trump-could-use-marco-rubio-veepstakes-flex-muscle-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>worrisome<\/a> as the 2024 election between Trump and President Joe Biden is expected to be close.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2996994\/rubio-dodges-leaving-florida-trump-ticket-vp-obstacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>When asked<\/a> about being Trump\u2019s vice president, Rubio said he has discussed it with Trump and is aware of reports about the constitutionality of two Floridians on the same ticket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s going to win no matter who he picks. He\u2019s going to get elected,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cI think the criteria he said publicly is the right one, which is someone who\u2019s ready to be president.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. Ben Carson<\/h2>\n<p>Picking Carson would help Trump continue to improve his standing with black voters, something polls suggest he has already been successful at.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3014862\/ben-carson-predicts-black-voters-salvation-for-trump-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Carson said he believed black voters would flock to Trump, a voting bloc the former president has been courting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Trump is making major inroads with all demographic groups in our country, including black voters,\u201d Carson said. \u201cThey recognize that they were better off with his administration than they are now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He expressed full confidence that Trump would win the election, too. A surgeon-turned-politician, Carson ran for president in 2016.<\/p>\n<h2>Sen. J.D. Vance<\/h2>\n<p>Vance has been proving his loyalty to Trump with a recent visit to the courthouse of Trump\u2019s New York criminal hush money trial. The freshman senator has taken up the role of attack dog, lobbing verbal bombs at Judge Juan Merchan and the entire trial process that Trump\u2019s gag order has prevented him from keeping up himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour weeks into New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s criminal trial against Trump, it\u2019s clear this charade is more about partisan politics than law enforcement,\u201d Vance said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vance.senate.gov\/press-releases\/senator-vance-new-york-trump-trial-is-just-another-partisan-witch-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> after the visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em> author was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/23\/jd-vance-ohio-senate-trump-comments-516865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> once critical<\/a> of the former president and said he did not vote for him in the 2016 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Never Trump guy,\u201d Vance said in an interview with Charlie Rose in 2016. \u201cI never liked him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Vance, along with the rest of the Republican Party, has softened his opposition to the former president. <\/p>\n<h2>Rep. Elise Stefanik<\/h2>\n<p>Stefanik has risen through the ranks of the House, and she gained widespread attention for grilling university leaders during a blockbuster hearing addressing antisemitism on college campuses. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/elise-stefanik-gained-widespread-attention-180148641.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>self-described<\/a> \u201cultra MAGA\u201d and \u201cproud of it,\u201d and some believe the ticket with Trump and Stefanik would be \u201cright\u201d for their ties to New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former president is certainly associated with New York, and especially New York City,\u201d New York-based Democratic strategist Jack O\u2019Donnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2850819\/apple-of-their-eye-trump-stefanik-ticket-has-gop-in-new-york-state-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cHis career, his fame, his show, all of these things are kind of associated with New York. So it seems only right that he would pick a New Yorker like Elise Stefanik to be on the ticket now that he\u2019s no longer a resident of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a campaign stop in the Bronx, New York, former President Donald Trump named some of his possible vice presidential picks, a sign the list may be shortening.\u00a0 In an interview with News 12 New York, Trump singled out Dr. Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2251989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trump-distant-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trump-distant-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251988","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}