{"id":2255822,"date":"2024-05-30T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-mentions-of-vp-candidates-could-reduce-their-chances-of-selection\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:17:02","slug":"trumps-mentions-of-vp-candidates-could-reduce-their-chances-of-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-mentions-of-vp-candidates-could-reduce-their-chances-of-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s mentions of VP candidates could reduce their chances of selection"},"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%2Ftrumps-mentions-of-vp-candidates-could-reduce-their-chances-of-selection%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=2255822&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>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has inserted a variety of names into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>media<\/a> ecosystem for his open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice president<\/a> position.<\/p>\n<p>The list of names is long and has appeared to flourish rather than be pruned as the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee inches closer. But despite Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3016338\/final-four-trump-drops-four-names-asked-highly-anticipated-vice-presidential-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dropping hints<\/a> about who the front-runners might be, there\u2019s a chance the former president will surprise everyone with a dark horse selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistorically, the more he says a name, the less likely it is to be that person,\u201d one adviser, who admitted they were speculating, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/29\/politics\/trump-vp-dark-horse\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has touted numerous vice presidential candidates \u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), to name a few \u2014 but hasn\u2019t made his choice known yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The theoretical doctrine that Trump\u2019s vice presidential choice is someone who hasn\u2019t been widely speculated on contributes to the inclusion of another choice in the conversation: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>Sources told CNN that Salazar\u2019s name has \u201ccirculated\u201d through Trump\u2019s vice presidential search and that she would fit the Hispanic mold those around him have encouraged him to look at.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar would be different from many of the other candidates. She has only spent four years as a politician and has <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-congress-votes\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voted<\/a> with President Joe Biden nearly 40% of the time on congressional matters. Stefanik only voted with Biden 19% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>That would make Salazar one of the most liberal Republicans in the House, but her voting record aligns with her relatively Democratic Miami constituency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like other vice presidential candidates, Salazar appeared near Trump\u2019s Manhattan hush money trial to offer her support and denied she was \u201con the list of favorites\u201d or \u201clooking for a job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am here of my own volition. I am not on the list of the favorites. I am not looking for a job, and I paid for my own way,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cThousands of my constituents back in Miami are terrified when the courts in this country are used as weapons to crush our political enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, if Trump wants to pick Salazar as his running mate, he will run into the same problem that is boxing him out of selecting Rubio. Salazar, like Rubio, is from Florida. And while the 12th Amendment doesn\u2019t preclude the president and vice president from being from the same state, it does mean the state\u2019s electors could not cast their votes for a Trump-Rubio\/Salazar ticket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That would lose Trump Florida, a critical 30 electoral votes. Salazar is a resident of Florida and would likely have to move her residency to a different state if chosen, given Trump has already said he wouldn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, recent speculation has thrown Salazar into a long list of Trump\u2019s vice presidential candidates. But her under-the-radar inclusion could make her the most likely yet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump has inserted a variety of names into the media ecosystem for his open vice president position. The list of names is long and has appeared to flourish rather than be pruned as the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee inches closer. 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