{"id":2262650,"date":"2024-06-07T20:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-rises-as-top-contender-in-trumps-vice-presidential-search-reports\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T20:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:14:17","slug":"tom-cotton-rises-as-top-contender-in-trumps-vice-presidential-search-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-rises-as-top-contender-in-trumps-vice-presidential-search-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton Emerges as Leading VP Candidate in Trump&#8217;s Search, According to Reports"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftom-cotton-rises-as-top-contender-in-trumps-vice-presidential-search-reports%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=2262650&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>\n<p>Senator\u2062 Tom Cotton from Arkansas is reportedly being \u2064considered as a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pass-bill-critics-say-defunds-police-and-reject-proposal-to-condemn-calls-to-abolish-police\/\" title=\"Democrats Pass Bill Critics Say Defunds Police And Reject Proposal To Condemn Calls To \u2018Abolish\u2019 Police\">vice presidential running mate<\/a> for former President Donald Trump in the \u2062upcoming election. According to sources close to Trump, Cotton&#8217;s experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-adam-schiff-rode-the-resistance-to-political-riches\/\" title=\"How Adam Schiff Rode The Resistance to Political Riches\">fundraising skills<\/a>, and fierce defense of the former president make him a strong candidate \u2063for the position. Trump has praised \u200cCotton&#8217;s communication skills and admires his\u200b military service \u200cand\u200b education.\u200b Cotton and Trump have \u200cfostered a close relationship during their time in Washington, working\u200c together on immigration issues and sharing similar values. Cotton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysts-democrats-3-5-trillion-spend-may-cost-5-5-trillion\/\" title=\"Analysts: Democrats\u2019 .5 Trillion Spend May Cost .5 Trillion\">potential addition<\/a> to the ticket could help to reassure Republican voters and secure a victory in the election.  <\/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<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tom-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) appears to be rising in former President Donald Trump\u2019s search for who will be his vice presidential running mate during this fall\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton was not included in an ABC News report earlier this week that listed those who the Trump campaign reached out to for information.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/06\/06\/trump-vice-president-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Washington Post said that Cotton was among that top candidates who have been asked to submit paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Cotton stands out among the other candidates as a battle tested, serious minded lawmaker with exceptional fundraising skills,\u201d a source close to Trump told The Daily Wire. \u201cHe\u2019s a fighter that would round out the ticket in a way that is most likely to secure a victory in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times said in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/24\/us\/politics\/tom-cotton-trump-vp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that Cotton has \u201cunexpectedly emerged as a top contender\u201d in Trump\u2019s search, a signal that Trump believes that experience and discipline will be key factors to regaining the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Cotton has taken his defense of the former president in interviews to new heights, including during a Sunday NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tom-cotton-blasts-manhattan-prosecution-theres-no-question-donald-trump-should-win-on-appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> where he aggressively defended Trump against the prosecutions that he faces, his record as president, many of the claims that Trump has made, and Trump\u2019s supporters who have faced what many have said are unfair prosecutions in cases related to the January 6 riot.<\/p>\n<p>The Times said that Trump has privately praised Cotton as \u201ca reliable and effective communicator in cable news interviews,\u201d something that is a top tier quality that Trump seeks in people he surrounds himself with.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He also admires Cotton\u2019s military service and Ivy League education, the report said. Trump has liked the senator for years and had considered giving Cotton a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-biden-donors-treasury-appointment-raises-watchdog-concerns-special-interest-activists\/\" title=\"Top Biden donor's Treasury appointment raises watchdog concerns: 'Special interest activists'\">top administration position<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two men fostered a close relationship during their time in Washington. They worked closely on immigration issues and shared an affinity for the conservative populism fueling the Republican Party,\u201d the report said. \u201cCotton\u2019s presence on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">presidential ticket<\/a> could help reassure Republicans in the party\u2019s dwindling traditional wing, particularly fellow foreign-policy hawks. Many of these Republicans remain undecided about a second term for Mr. Trump and might be put off by the selection of an inexperienced MAGA loyalist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his time in Washington, Cotton has made all the right enemies that could make him an appealing candidate for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Cotton led the charge in raising awareness at the start of the coronavirus pandemic about a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan that had been conducting experiments on bats and that it was the likely source of the pandemic. Cotton was subsequently castigated by the media as it sought to cast his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/17\/business\/media\/coronavirus-tom-cotton-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks<\/a> as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/02\/16\/tom-cotton-coronavirus-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fringe<\/a>\u201d conspiracy theories \u2014 even though many of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/03\/opinion\/covid-lab-leak.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading scientists<\/a> now believe that the pandemic originated from the Chinese lab.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, as far-left extremists burned down cities and rioted across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd, Cotton penned a piece in The New York Times urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the military to stop the <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/george-floyd-riots-caused-record-setting-2-billion-in-damage-new-report-says-here-s-why-the-true-cost-is-even-higher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">billions of dollars in damage<\/a> that the Black Lives Matter and Antifa extremists caused and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/officer-safety\/articles\/fbi-data-assaults-on-cops-up-in-2020-mostly-due-to-civil-unrest-nrT1hjvCvNsB8twP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thousands<\/a> of law enforcement officers whom they attacked.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is emerging as a potential vice presidential candidate for Donald Trump in the upcoming election. Despite not being mentioned in an earlier ABC News report listing potential candidates contacted by Trump&#8217;s campaign, a subsequent report highlights his rising consideration for the role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2262651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Tom-Cotton-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Tom-Cotton-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262650","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}