{"id":2286113,"date":"2024-06-30T14:39:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-dodges-question-about-talks-with-trump-over-vice-president-job-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:40:56","slug":"burgum-dodges-question-about-talks-with-trump-over-vice-president-job-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-dodges-question-about-talks-with-trump-over-vice-president-job-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgum avoids discussing potential vice presidential talks with Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fburgum-dodges-question-about-talks-with-trump-over-vice-president-job-washington-examiner%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=2286113&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>North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, in a recent appearance on\u200d NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the\u2064 Press,\u201d\u2063 avoided confirming whether he had been in talks with former\u200d President Donald Trump \u2062about being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-to-endorse-marco-rubios-reelection-campaign\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley To Endorse Marco Rubio\u2019s Reelection Campaign\">potential vice presidential candidate<\/a>. When\u2062 questioned \u200ddirectly, he replied that any discussions of that nature were private between him and Trump.\u2063 Host Kristen Welker remarked \u2063that Burgum\u2019s response wasn&#8217;t a clear\u2062 denial. Burgum further mentioned that Trump has a shortlist of several strong candidates for the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-hopefuls-go-on-offense-against-trump-one-month-before-iowa-too-little-too-late\/\" title=\"GOP candidates attack Trump before Iowa: &#039;Too late, not enough\">vice presidential spot<\/a> and highlighted that all\u2062 aspects\u200d of the selection process are confidential \u2064within the campaign\u200c team. He also referenced \u2064Trump&#8217;s noteworthy\u200b debate performance against President \u200bJoe Biden\u200d and\u2064 his favorable position in recent polls.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/North-Dakota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Dakota<\/a>&nbsp;Gov.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doug Burgum<\/a>&nbsp;on Sunday dodged questions about Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-the-picks-on-trumps-vp-short-list-speaks-out-about-what-45-really-needs-in-a-second-in-command\/\" title=\"VP Shortlist Pick Speaks on What Trump Needs in a Second-in-Command\">vice presidential short list<\/a>, saying any conversations on that matter are between him and the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That would be between the president and I,&rdquo; Burgum said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> when asked &ldquo;yes or no&rdquo; whether he&rsquo;s had any conversations with Trump about being his pick for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vice-President\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice president<\/a>. Host Kristen Welker was quick to pounce on his response, saying, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not a no&rdquo; from the North Dakota governor.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Burgum pointed out that Trump has a short list of numerous quality candidates that could also make the eventual cut, and emphasized everything about the selection process is &ldquo;between the campaign and those that might be being considered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He can probably win the election without a vice president &hellip; but I think he&rsquo;ll make a decision,&rdquo; Burgum said, noting Trump&rsquo;s recent &ldquo;strong debate performance&rdquo; with President Joe Biden on Thursday and the positive polling position Trump has found himself in even before the Thursday night debate.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3040697\/who-is-doug-burgum-meet-one-of-the-eight-top-names-on-trumps-vp-short-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Dakota governor<\/a>&nbsp;also defended Trump against the most common criticism the former president has received since the debate, which involved the veracity of his statements. Trump &ldquo;made more than 30 false claims,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/27\/politics\/fact-checking-the-cnn-presidential-debate\/index.html&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjkxdjD4IOHAxU_D1kFHXnADrEQvOMEKAB6BAgNEAE&amp;usg=AOvVaw0adxkEex3kdNvNWyCNFOx0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to CNN, though Biden&rsquo;s gaffes and concerns about his mental acuity largely turned Trump&rsquo;s statements into an afterthought for commentators and their post-debate conversations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The whole manufactured thing this morning that Donald Trump has said something that he hasn&rsquo;t said before, I mean everything that he said on Thursday night he&rsquo;s been saying before it so this is not news,&rdquo; Burgum said.<\/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&rsquo;s vice presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3040543\/trump-vp-shortlist-top-candidates-election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>short list<\/a> also includes notable Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), and J.D. Vance (R-OH), as well as prominent allies such as Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Byron Donalds (R-FL), among others.<\/p>\n<p>The former president has suggested he will announce his vice presidential pick at the Republican National Convention, which begins July 15.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum evaded questions on NBC News&#8217;s Meet the Press about being on Donald Trump&#8217;s vice presidential shortlist. Burgum stated that discussions of this nature are private between him and Trump, responding to direct inquiries with, &#8220;That would be between the president and I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2286114,"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\/06\/AP24132819300465.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[28356,5894,3634,33381,32076],"class_list":["post-2286113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-burgum","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-vice-presidential-talks","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24132819300465.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286113","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}